Close to the Edge

Description

Morning rush hour on the London tube. Laurie Bateman witnesses a terrible accident. Life had been looking up - she's dating a new man and finally getting praise at work. But after the accident everything seems to plummet downhill. In the space of a few days her flat is burgled and her flatmate assaulted - she loses her phone and then her job. Are these events linked? Perhaps what she had seen was something more sinister? Compelled to investigate, Laurie finds herself in serious danger and is soon fleeing for her life through tube tunnels in the dead of night - the hunter has become the hunted.

Toby Faber was an investment banker and management consultant before spending five years at the publishing company founded by his grandfather, Faber and Faber. He remains on Faber's Board, and is Chairman of its sister company, Faber Music and a director of Liverpool University Press, but spends most of his time writing and lecturing. He has written two highly praised works of non-fiction, Stradivarius and Faberge's Eggs, this is his first novel. He lives in London with his family.

Fascinating, accessible and enjoyable. -- Tracy Chevalier Hugely enjoyable and informative. * The Spectator * Enthralling, earthy and illuminating. * New York Times *