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Perfect for fans of Dinah Jefferies and Gill Paul’s The Secret Wife‘Gloriously dark’ Liza Klaussman ‘Evocative’ i newsaper ‘Seductive’ Anna Hope ‘Rich’ Sunday Times ‘Thrilling’ Emma Chapman Theo Miller is young, bright and ambitious when he and his earnest younger sister Maud step off the train into the simmering heat of Nairobi. Both eagerly await their new life, yet neither are prepared for the pain it will bring. When Theo meets American heiress Sylvie de Croÿ, he is welcomed into her inner circle – the Happy Valley set – rich, dazzling expatriates, infamous for their scandalous lifestyles. Yet behind Sylvie’s intoxicating allure lies a powerful cocktail of secrets, lust and betrayal. As dark clouds gather over Kenya’s future and his own, Theo must escape this most unsuitable woman – before it is too late. First published as The Hunters.

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`With The Hunters, Kat Gordon has written a gloriously dark tale, packed with heat and glamour, and shot through with a fine, sharp edge. An absolutely compulsive read from beginning to end' - LIZA KLAUSSMANN, author of Tigers in Red Weather `An evocative coming-of-age tale' iPaper `Equally at home evoking the landscapes of east Africa and those of the flawed, capricious human heart, Kat Gordon's The Hunters is a seductive, troubling journey into Britain's colonial past' - ANNA HOPE, author of Wake and The Ballroom `An outstanding achievement. This thrilling, evocative novel will transport and absorb you: brilliant' - EMMA CHAPMAN, author of The Last Photograph

`Kat Gordon has written a gloriously dark tale, packed with heat and glamour, and shot through with a fine, sharp edge. An absolutely compulsive read from beginning to end' LIZA KLAUSSMANN, author of Tigers in Red Weather `An evocative coming-of-age tale' iPaper `Equally at home evoking the landscapes of east Africa and those of the flawed, capricious human heart ... a seductive, troubling journey into Britain's colonial past' ANNA HOPE, author of Wake and The Ballroom `An outstanding achievement. This thrilling, evocative novel will transport and absorb you: brilliant' EMMA CHAPMAN, author of The Last Photograph

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Kat Gordon read English at Somerville College, Oxford and worked at Time Out briefly after graduating. She has travelled extensively in East Africa where she also worked as a teacher and an HIV counsellor. She received a distinction for her MA in creative writing from Royal Holloway and her debut,The Artifical Anatomy of Parks, was published in 2015. Kat has lived in Budapest and Reykjavik and is currently settled in London with her partner and young son.

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