Identity Theory

John Anselm is a former Beirut hostage, a war correspondent who went to one war too many. A burnt-out case, he lives in Hamburg, working for a semi-legal, near-broke surveillance firm and trying to come to terms with his past.

Then into his life comes Con Niemand, ex-mercenary and professional survivor. Niemand has had the unluckiest break of his life – he has stumbled across evidence of a terrible secret and now he’s on the run, the focus of a relentless high-tech manhunt across England to the remote Welsh mountains.

Against his will, Anselm is plunged into a world of violence, betrayal and death. He must break out of his anesthetized life and pit himself against forces that he does not understand, forces determined to rebury a secret that can destroy reputations and lives across the globe.

Award-winning author Peter Temple has worked as a journalist, editor and teacher of journalism and editing. Identity Theory is his sixth novel. Peter Temple has won three Ned Kelly awards for crime fiction. His first crime novel, Bad Debts, won Best First Novel. In 2000 Peter Temple gained his second Ned Kelly Award when the critically acclaimed Shooting Star won Best Crime Novel, and he was joint-winner with Dead Point in 2001.