The Pursuit of William Abbey

From the award-winning and best-selling author of The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August and 84K comes a powerful new novel that examines how the choices we make can haunt us forever.... 

South Africa, 1884. A young and naive English doctor by the name of William Abbey witnesses the lynching of a local boy by white colonists. He's guilt-struck but too cowardly to stand up against this horrific act. And as the child dies, his mother curses William. 

William begins to understand what the curse means when the shadow of the dead boy starts following him across the world. It never stops, never rests. It can cross oceans and mountains. And if it catches him, the person he loves most in the world will die.... 

Moving, thought-provoking and utterly gripping, Claire North's extraordinary new novel proves again that she is one of the most original and innovative voices in modern fiction. 

©2019 Claire North (P)2019 Hachette Audio UK

Another Claire North winner

Is Peter Kenny the best narrator ever. Hard to think there could be someone else as good.
Live Claire North novels. This one takes a little longer to rev up but it’s underlying question (as with all her books), gets under your skin and stays long after the book finishes.