“Daniel Pembrey tells a cracking tale with verve and style” - Susan Hill, Booker Prize short-listed writer, and author of ghost story The Woman In Black.ĪBOUT PIERS ALEXANDER AND THE BITTER TRADE - Heretic. This has shades of Elmore Leonard, but it’s also up to date, with an insight into modern Euro-crime which is all too accurate” - Katharine Quarmby, Award-winning writer, TV producer and journalist. “A very readable Euro thriller with a very strong sense of setting.

Worlds collide in this gripping, atmospheric tale. Soon the effects of Russia’s political upheaval, and the arrival of an ex-girlfriend who won’t leave him alone, make Nick’s Luxembourg life increasingly perilous. The best candidate turns out to be smart, beautiful… and mysterious. His company asks him to recruit a high-flying executive for the company’s Russian business. Synopsis: Nick Thorneycroft is a British headhunter working in Luxembourg. Whilst working for a large Seattle-based company in Luxembourg, he was inspired to write The Candidate. The evening is being moderated by Geoff Thompson of the Luxembourg Chronicle, media partner for the event.ĪBOUT DANIEL PEMBREY AND THE CANDIDATE: A Luxembourg Thriller - When headhunter becomes the huntedĭaniel Pembrey is a bestselling writer of crime thrillers and suspense stories including Simon Sixsmith, The Woman Who Stopped Traffic, and The Harbour Master. Pembrey and Alexander are launching their books in Luxembourg with a reading and Q&A at Chapter 1, at 18:30 on Thursday 4 September. Luxembourg has inspired two authors in quite different ways: Daniel Pembrey’s The Candidate is a modern conspiracy thriller set in the city, while Luxembourg-raised Piers Alexander has taken his experiences of growing up as a foreigner and translated them into 1688 England for his historical novel The Bitter Trade. Details: The Luxembourg Connection: Authors Pembrey and Alexander Launch in Chapter 1 on 4 September

The Harbour Master by Daniel Pembrey