A New Statesman Book of the Year 2021

A Metro Book of the Year 2021

A Washington Post '10 Best Thriller and Mystery Books of 2021'

When two men meet in a bookshop in Berlin they begin an uneasy friendship.

Patrick has a sensational story to tell, one that Robert decides to take for himself. A twist on the cat-and-mouse narrative, A Lonely Man is about the search for identity and the elastic nature of truth. As the two men's association hurtles towards tragedy, Robert is forced to confront whether actual events are the only things that give a story life, and if some stories are too dangerous to tell.