Lightseekers
Philip Taiwo series Book I
When three young students are brutally murdered in a Nigerian university town, their killings – and their killers – are caught on social media. The world knows who murdered them; what no one knows is why.
As the legal trial begins, investigative psychologist Philip Taiwo is contacted by the father of one of the boys, desperate for some answers to his son’s murder. But Philip is an expert in crowd behaviour and violence, not a detective, and after travelling to the sleepy university town that bore witness to the killings, he soon feels dramatically out of his depth.
Will he finally be able to uncover the truth about what happened to the Okiri Three?
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Crime, Thriller
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February 2021
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Czech Republic: Host
Finland: Bazar Kustannus Oy
France: Les Presses de la Cité
Germany: BTB Verlag
Italy: Longanesi
Poland: Zysk I S-ka Wydawnictwo
UK & Commonwealth: Bloomsbury Raven
USA & Canada: Little, Brown
WATERSTONES THRILLER OF THE MONTH, JUNE 2022
THE BOOKSELLER’S BOTM FOR PAPERBACK PUBLICATION, APRIL 2022
LONGLISTED FOR THE CWA GOLD DAGGER
NOMINATED FOR THE STRAND CRITIC’S AWARDS 2022
SELECTED AS A BEST CRIME NOVEL OF THE MONTH BY THE TIMES, SUNDAY TIMES, INDEPENDENT, GUARDIAN, OBSERVER, FINANCIAL TIMES AND IRISH TIMES.
Selected Praise
“ A standout thriller... A stunning murder mystery... The suspense is expertly handled”
“What a sensational debut. Dr Philip Taiwo is a protagonist I want to meet again, and the setting is so well-drawn. Intelligent, suspenseful and utterly engrossing”
“Tense and disturbing ... An impressive debut.”
