Long time lost - Chris Ewan

Nick Miller and his team provide a unique and highly illegal service,
relocating at-risk individuals across Europe with new identities and new
lives. Nick excels at what he does for a reason: he's spent years
living in the shadows under an assumed name.

But when Nick
steps in to prevent the attempted murder of witness-in-hiding Kate
Sutherland on the Isle of Man, he triggers a chain of events with
devastating consequences for everyone he protects - because Nick and
Kate share a common enemy in Connor Lane, a man who will stop at nothing
to get what he wants, even if it means tearing Nick's entire network
apart.

Chris Ewan is the award-winning author of The Good Thief's Guide to . . . series of mystery novels, which are in development with 20th Century Fox Television on behalf of showrunner Hart Hanson (Bones). His debut, The Good Thief's Guide to Amsterdam, won the Long Barn Books First Novel Award and is published in thirteen countries, and was followed by The Good Thief's Guide to Paris, Vegas, Venice and Berlin.

Born in Taunton in 1976, he now lives in Somerset with his wife, Jo, and their daughter. Safe House, his first stand-alone thriller, was a number one bestseller in 2012 and was shortlisted for the Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award. Dead Line, his second thriller, was published in 2013 and is optioned for film. Dark Tides was shortlisted for CrimeFest's eDunnit award for the best crime fiction eBook.

www.chrisewan.com

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'Long Time Lost is a beautifully paced and constructed thriller with real characters to root for and to hate, written in a smooth and easy style that keeps you reading into the night and slips by like red silk.'
SIMON TOYNE, author of Solomon Creed

A Thumping good thriller; action-packed, twist-laden and full of heart. Long Time Lost builds on Chris Ewan's reputation as one of the most exciting and original crime writers around.
EVA DOLAN, author of Long Way Home

A terrific read with a great hook: how to hide at-risk individuals from a rich and ruthless enemy. The heroes are flawed but honourable, the villains alarmingly nasty, and the twists come thick and fast. Chris Ewan knows his way round a thriller as expertly as his characters know theirs round the back streets of Europe. One of this year's must-reads, from one of the genre's stars.
MICK HERRON, author of Real Tigers

Gripping entertainment
Sunday Express

A masterful thriller with a tense climax.difficult to put down.Fellow novelist Ann Cleeves' description of [Chris Ewan] as a "master storyteller" pretty well hits the nail on the head.
Independent - Barry Forshaw

[An] exciting story
Literary Review

An exciting race through Europe . thrilling.
Trip Fiction

[Long Time Lost] takes us for an action-packed and often bone-crunching jaunt across Europe. Nick Miller saves Kate Sutherland from a gangland assassin, and offers her his unique witness protection service because the National Crime Agency just isn't up to the job. But Miller has more than just Kate to protect, and the people who want her dead want him dead too. There's that, and the fact that they just won't give up.
Crime Fiction Lover

Long Time Lost is not only a banging thriller but a thrilling thriller to boot AND beautifully written ... this is thriller writing right at the top of the game. Enticing plotting, well built and authentic characters, believable emotive events ... Intelligent, thought provoking story telling with a sharp authentic edge, most of all brilliant writing that digs deep
Liz Loves Books

Rapid paced, and packed with tension, twists and turns, this is a must read for thriller fans.
Crime Thriller Girl

Chris Ewan is rapidly becoming one of the must read thriller writers ... Long Time Lost is a fast paced thriller that takes you from the Isle of Man via mainland Europe to the banks of Lake Windermere. Bodies, blood and bullets are to be expected in a tale of good versus evil, with a little police corruption thrown in for good measure ... an excellent and pulsating thriller which will leave
[readers] breathless at the end.

Good Reads - Paul Diggett

Expect shoot-outs and chases.
Shots Mag

Fantastic ... a 'must read' ... Long Time Lost has everything you could possibly want in a thriller. Everything! ... Chris Ewan totally hits the spot with this one.
Northern Crime

Chris Ewan uses the chase thriller to take us on a breakneck ride across Europe in the company of his attractive Nick Miller, who runs a business hiding clients and their assets from those intending to do them harm.
The novel opens with a protected witness, whose police minders aren't up to stopping the bad guys from getting to her before she can give evidence.
Nick Miller wades in and spirits her off in the nick of time.
Her transformation into an uninteresting-looking woman who will attract no one's attention means that he can hide her in plain sight, but there's a leak in his networks too and soon everyone involved has to scarper.
This is thoroughly agreeable escapist fiction.
Book Oxygen

This is strong, salty and heart-thumping stuff, and with a primary-coloured plot.
Saga

From its suspenseful opening to a beautifully weighted unfolding of a dark and dangerous tale, this book totally justifies the label of 'unputdownable' . thrilling, unpredictable and engrossing.
Raven Crime Reads

A fantastic portrayal of a father who's lost everything and is prepared to do anything . a dynamic, fast paced read. Highly recommended.
The Crime Warp

[A] tightly plotted kick-ass thriller, that brings with it a sensitive subtext centred on the theme of family.
Crime Scene Magazine