THE GUNS ARE SILENT. THE DEAD ARE NOT
'The world has been waiting for a worthy successor to Sebastian Faulks' Birdsong - now Philip Gray has delivered it' David Young, author of Stasi Child.
1919. On the battlefields of northern France, the guns of the Great War are silent. Special battalions now face the task of gathering up the dead for mass burial.
Amy Vanneck's fiancé is one soldier lost amongst many. She heads to France, determined to discover what became of the man she loved.
Meanwhile, Captain Mackenzie cannot bring himself to go home until his fallen comrades are laid to rest. His task is upended when a gruesome discovery is made beneath the ruins of a German strongpoint.
It soon becomes clear that what Mackenzie has uncovered is a war crime of inhuman savagery. As the dark truth leaches out, both he and Amy are drawn into the hunt for a psychopath, one for whom the atrocity at Two Storm Wood is not an end, but a beginning.
*Longlisted for the 2023 CWA Historical Dagger Award*
'An atmospheric portrayal of the pity of the war' The Times, Books of the Year
Genre: Historical
'The world has been waiting for a worthy successor to Sebastian Faulks' Birdsong - now Philip Gray has delivered it' David Young, author of Stasi Child.
1919. On the battlefields of northern France, the guns of the Great War are silent. Special battalions now face the task of gathering up the dead for mass burial.
Amy Vanneck's fiancé is one soldier lost amongst many. She heads to France, determined to discover what became of the man she loved.
Meanwhile, Captain Mackenzie cannot bring himself to go home until his fallen comrades are laid to rest. His task is upended when a gruesome discovery is made beneath the ruins of a German strongpoint.
It soon becomes clear that what Mackenzie has uncovered is a war crime of inhuman savagery. As the dark truth leaches out, both he and Amy are drawn into the hunt for a psychopath, one for whom the atrocity at Two Storm Wood is not an end, but a beginning.
*Longlisted for the 2023 CWA Historical Dagger Award*
'An atmospheric portrayal of the pity of the war' The Times, Books of the Year
Genre: Historical
Praise for this book
"In this poignant, intricately plotted novel, Gray succeeds in entwining two powerful tales-a love story and a hate story-in a way that, right from the shocking start, is both convincing and enthralling." - Virginia Baily
"One of the most evocative thrillers I've ever read... Haunting, cinematic, and utterly gripping." - D B John
"Atmospheric and meticulously researched, Two Storm Wood sheds light on the horrors and the trauma that continued even after the Armistice. It is that most wonderful of creations-a novel that informs while keeping you on the edge of your seat." - Abir Mukherjee
"The world has been waiting for a worthy successor to Sebastian Faulks's Birdsong-now Philip Gray has delivered it." - David Young
"One of the most evocative thrillers I've ever read... Haunting, cinematic, and utterly gripping." - D B John
"Atmospheric and meticulously researched, Two Storm Wood sheds light on the horrors and the trauma that continued even after the Armistice. It is that most wonderful of creations-a novel that informs while keeping you on the edge of your seat." - Abir Mukherjee
"The world has been waiting for a worthy successor to Sebastian Faulks's Birdsong-now Philip Gray has delivered it." - David Young
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