The Glass Pearls (Faber Editions)

For fans of The Passenger, this thrilling tale of an ex-Nazi surgeon hiding in plain sight in 1960s London by the celebrated filmmaker is a lost noir gem, introduced by Anthony Quinn and narrated on audio by Mark Gatiss.

''Stunning: incredibly good, tense and compelling and morally complex.'' Ian Rankin
''This extraordinary novel had me hooked from start to finish.'' Sarah Waters
''An outstanding novel: gripping, tense and darkly unsettling. '' Jonathan Freedland
''A wonderfully compelling noir thriller and audacious and challenging act of imagination.'' William Boyd
''One of the best London novels of the 20th century.'' Benjamin Myers

Nothing is more inviting to disclose your secrets than to be told by others of their own ...

London, June 1965. Karl Braun arrives as a lodger in Pimlico: hatless, with a bow-tie, greying hair, slight in build. His new neighbours are intrigued