Nocturne

by Graham Hurley

Media graduate Julie Emerson is new to London, but London isn't an easy city. An affair with her boss becomes all-consuming whilst her upstairs neighbour first alarms then terrifies her. Both men, in their separate ways, want all of her, at whatever cost.

Genres: Fiction

416 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1999

About the author

Graham Hurley was born November, 1946 in Clacton-on-Sea, Essex. His seaside childhood was punctuated by football, swimming, afternoons on the dodgems, run-ins with the police, multiple raids on the local library - plus near-total immersion in English post-war movies.

Directed and produced documentaries for ITV through two decades, winning a number of national and international awards. Launched a writing career on the back of a six-part drama commission for ITV: "Rules of Engagement". Left TV and became full time writer in 1991.

Authored nine stand-alone thrillers plus "Airshow", a fly-on-the-wall novel-length piece of reportage, before accepting Orion invitation to become a crime writer. Drew gleefully on home-town Portsmouth (“Pompey”) as the basis for an on-going series featuring D/I Joe Faraday and D/C Paul Winter.

Contributed five years of personal columns to the Portsmouth News, penned a number of plays and dramatic monologues for local production (including the city’s millenium celebration, "Willoughby and Son"), then decamped to Devon for a more considered take on Pompey low-life.

The Faraday series came to an end after 12 books. Healthy sales at home and abroad, plus mega-successful French TV adaptations, tempted Orion to commission a spin-off series, set in the West Country, featuring D/S Jimmy Suttle.

Launch title - "Western Approaches" - published 2012. "Touching Distance" to hit the bookstores next month (21st November).

Has recently self-published a number of titles on Kindle including "Strictly No Flowers" (a dark take on crime fiction), "Estuary" (a deeply personal memoir) and "Backstory" (how and why he came to write the Faraday series).

Married to the delectable Lin. Three grown-up sons (Tom, Jack and Woody). Plus corking grandson Dylan.

You're very welcome to contact Graham through his website: www.grahamhurley.co.uk

Or direct on seasidepictures@btinternet.com.


Series:
* D.I. Joe Faraday

Reviews

[Sall · Rating 2 out of 5]

The best part of this book is the prologue and final dozen pages, the rest is endless and repetitive, some parts felt very unrealistic too. In fact you needn't bother with most of the book just read the prologue and the last few pages, that's all that is needed to get a good understanding and to know what happens.

[Majones · Rating 3 out of 5]

Implausible characters with no redeeming traits. Summer beach read but not much more.

[Coco Au · Rating 1 out of 5]

Very boring, at times I didn't understand. Ending's a bit weird. Wouldn't recommend reading. I feel like I wasted my time.

[Lizzy w · Rating 3 out of 5]

It’s ok nothing really special but I will say it’s clever in the way I tricks you into believing some characters are good and some are bad.
I was decently surprised by the ending but not really catapulted into shocking kind of thing which I think it was trying to be.
I enjoyed the feeling of knowing who it secretly as all along though ! ✌🏻👍🏻

[Jane Westbrook · Rating 3 out of 5]

A real thriller and an easy read, but this is the second book written in the first person as a woman and doesn't ring true, especially the pregnancy, delivery and general childcare knowledge. For example, when Billie goes missing for several days, any mother would tell you that her breasts would be very painful, but there is never any of this kind of detail so the character lacks authenticity

The sex scenes were unconvincing and the female lead implausible.
There were some great twists and turns but, ultimately, Hurley should stick to detective crime, at which he is brilliant

[Susan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good thriller, very similar in style to Carol Smith

[Lysergius · Rating 3 out of 5]

A departure by Hurley from the Joe Faraday series set in Portsmouth. Nevertheless this is a fast paced thriller that is impossible to put down.

[JenniferB · Rating 4 out of 5]

Gripping and scary, but not a great story overall.