Paul Wood can’t believe it. While hiking in the Himalayas he comes upon a fellow trekker, sitting against an abandoned Nepalese building his skull crushed, and for good measure, a pair of Swiss Army knives plunged into his eyes.But the real horror of this scene is that Paul has been here before. Laura, his girlfriend, dead on the beach in Cameroon, her eyes horribly mutilated.
In a debut novel that travels deep into the little known culture of young backpackers searching for their next hit of adventure, writer and world traveler Jon Evans has created a memorable twenty-something hero whose high-altitude smarts and high-tech Internet savvy propel him to solve a terrible crime.
An irresistible, action-packed read that begs for a sequel and a movie Dark Places is the ideal summer travel destination: you’ll never want to leave.
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JON EVANS, Arthur Ellis Award–winning author of Dark Places and Blood Price, grew up in Waterloo and is a graduate of the University of Waterloo. In breaks between jobs across North America and Europe, he travels the world, searching for the perfect settings for his fiction. He lives in Waterloo, Ontario. Visit his website at www.jonevans.ca.
'You're hooked. Evans contrives to slip the necessary specialist net-head detail into the plot without being boring or patronising. He can also pin down a character with a few details deftly brushed in... The characters are delightfully delineated by their speech patterns... beautifully controlled... Not the least satisfying aspect of this pacy thriller for the 21st century is the way things go on happening until the last page.' -- The Times 'A clever interesting read that you can take your time over. One can only hope that this, the first novel by Jon Evans, is not the last.' - -- Bolton Evening News 'A taut thriller ... He keeps you guessing and leaves you with the uncomfortable realisation of just how plausible all this could be. A real page-turner' -- Ms London 'This is a stunning debut novel from a thriller writer to watch ... a breathtaking thriller' -- Western Daily Press 'TRAIL OF THE DEAD is engaging, disturbing, and relentless - an impressive debut novel.' -- C.J. Box, award-winning author of WINTERKILL 'An original two-way hunt with moments of real suspense scattered across the wildest reaches of the planet' -- Hector Macdonald 'In this haunting, suspense debut, Evans takes the reader on a page-turning adventure' -- Publishers Weekly 'I was completely gripped. As the plot unfolded, I found myself constantly surprised. Jon Evans's plotting is excellent, and he has obviously travelled widely - all the details are clearly authentic and I found myself interested in the locations as much as the plot. The internet aspect of the story was intriguing, and at the end all the strands were tied up perfectly. I never wanted to put the book down, and I was almost glad I was ill, so I had the chance to read it quickly.' -- Emily Barr 'You're hooked. Evans contrives to slip the necessary specialist net-head detail into the plot without being boring or patronising. He can also pin down a character with a few details deftly brushed in... The characters are delightfully delineated by their speech patterns... beautifully controlled... Not the least satisfying aspect of this pacy thriller for the 21st century is the way things go on happening until the last page.' -- The Times 'In this haunting, suspense debut, Evans takes the reader on a page-turning adventure' -- Publishers Weekly 'An original two-way hunt with moments of real suspense scattered across the wildest reaches of the planet' -- Hector Macdonald 'TRAIL OF THE DEAD is engaging, disturbing, and relentless - an impressive debut novel.' - C.J. Box, award-winning author of WINTERKILL and TROPHY HUNT 'I was completely gripped. As the plot unfolded, I found myself constantly surprised. Jon Evans's plotting is excellent, and he has obviously travelled widely - all the details are clearly authentic and I found myself interested in the locations as much as the plot. The internet aspect of the story was intriguing, and at the end all the strands were tied up perfectly. I never wanted to put the book down.' - Emily Barr
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