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Children of Wolves

By: Lawrence Osborne
Narrated by: Rupert Penry-Jones
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A tense, Ripley-esque novel set in glittering Istanbul for readers of John le Carré and Patricia Highsmith

At the Mexican border, Diana ditches her car and jumps on a bus. Adam walks out of his Athens hotel with just his passport and credit cards. Marco abandons his life in London, leaving no note. At an idyllic spot on the Turkish Riviera, their comrade Chana waits for them.

Also waiting there is Tyler, a private investigator hired by an American billionaire to find his wayward, troubled daughter.

Once the five meet, a train of events is set in motion that will play out along this glittering coast, in the backstreets and renovated palaces of Istanbul and all the way to Cairo. A clash of generations, civilisations and ideologies that will test the young friends’ theory that a handful of collaborators can tilt the axis of the world through a single, striking act.

'An unsettling, hypnotic meditation on violence and privilege' Charles Cumming

© Lawrence Osborne 2026 (P) Penguin Audio 2026

 Amateur Sleuths Genre Fiction International Mystery & Crime Literary Fiction Mystery Suspense Thriller & Suspense
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Critic Reviews

Lawrence Osborne is the master of well-made, high-class thrillers... good on the nowhereness of places where rich and poor collide, and the unbridgeable gulfs that remain between them (John Self)
Osborne is, for me, the most atmospheric of working suspense writers... Absolutely sensational
Osborne excels at evoking atmosphere… a disturbing and melancholic meditation on wealth, alienation and political violence (Justin Warshaw)
A tangle of sexual scheming, familial tensions and international terrorism... an atmospheric and entertaining page-turner (Christian House)
An unsettling, hypnotic meditation on violence and privilege. Osborne is an unsung master of the literate, thought-provoking thriller (Charles Cumming, author of THE TRINITY SIX)
Osborne’s most menacing novel yet... Osborne paints such a gorgeous picture of louche, jet-set Istanbul, you almost forget to watch your back (Christopher Bollen, author of HAVOC)
Osborne continues to push his brand of haunted escapism into strange, new places... In Children of Wolves, Osborne stays a comfortable step ahead of writers half his age (Joseph Knox, author of IMPOSTER SYNDROME)
A seductive cat and mouse... at once a labyrinthine thriller, set on dusky back streets and the terraces of five-star hotels, and an interrogation of privilege and (the performance of) politics (Rob Franklin, author of GREAT BLACK HOPE)
Children of Wolves confirms Lawrence Osborne as one of the most intelligently entertaining writers around... a superb addition to his canon (James Lasdun, author of THE FALL GUY)
The most arresting book yet by a master of contemporary fiction... Read the first page, and you will be hooked to the end (John Gray, author of STRAW DOGS)
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