Bloodland A Novel [Paperback]

A Picador Paperback Original

A helicopter crash off the coast of Ireland sends unexpected ripples through the international community in this intricate new thriller from the author ofWinterlandandLimitless(now a major motion picture).

Susie Monaghan was on the cusp of stardom when her life was cut short by a tragic helicopter crash. After a full investigation, her death was ruled an accident: case closed. But a hungry young journalist named Jimmy Gilroy isn't buying the official story. Before dying, Susie's path had crossed with an unlikely gallery of powerful men: an ex-Prime minister with a carefully guarded secret; the businessman brother of a U.S. Senator angling for the Oval Office; and a billionaire investor with his eye on an extremely rare commodity. Might there also be a link between Susie's death and a deranged security contractor operating in Congo? Piece by piece, Jimmy uncovers a bizarre nexus of coincidence among these disparate people and events, revealing a conspiracy of frightening reach and consequence--one that could cost him his life.

Set against a vividly drawn world of corporate and political intrigue, Alan Glynn'sBloodlandis a riveting paranoid thriller of uncommon depth and page-turning suspense.

Ripped from tomorrow's headlines,Bloodlandis irresistible....Exhilarating. Val McDermid

Glynn plays out these grand themes--the global economic crisis, America's battle with China for dominance in Africa, the human costs of illegal mining--on a very personal scale, through a group of deeply flawed but compelling characters. NPR

Glynn spins a seamless web of conspiracy spanning three continents....I readBloodlandtwice, the second time for the rare pleasure of watching a first-rate investigative reporter--and novelist--at work. The Daily Beast

Stunningly intricate...like an amped-up twenty-first-century version of Dashiell Hammett'sThe Glaslƒm