I read this hungrily ... Its intelligence and bravura characterization will have you turning page after page. A fabulous achievement. * STEPHEN FRY * A brilliantly clever thriller from a brilliantly clever writer. -- Richard Osman Murray should be commended for going into the nitty-gritty of how his post-disaster society functions[ ] What really distinguishes the book, though, is the creative energy of its world-building: it demonstrates the virtue of using the future as a playground for the imagination rather than trying to second-guess it. * Telegraph: the best thrillers and crime fiction of 2020 * A taut, thrilling runaround... The Last Day is an impressive dystopian techno-thriller. Murray paints a grim picture of a draconian isolationist Britain, with some vivid descriptions of a much-changed London, and the novels climax has a neat twist. * Guardian Books of the Month * A brilliant debutwhich blends apocalyptic drama with a tale of espionage, keeping readers on tenterhooks [ ] Fans of Robert Harris will love it. * Daily Express * A stunningly original thriller set in the world of tomorrow that will make you think about whats happening today. * HARLAN COBEN * A fresh take on the dystopian thriller, to say its gripping is an understatement - I cancelled all my weekend plans to finish it * SARA PASCOE * [ A]n atmosphere reminiscent of PD Jamess dystopian classic The Children of Men and alternative history thrillers such as Len Deightons SS-GB. As with those novels, The Last Day investigates the boiled frog nature of totalitarianism, with Hunter Murray imagining what Britain succumbing to it would look and feel like. The result is a beautifully realised and thought provoking-thriller. * The Times, Thriller of the Month * Dark, believable and brilliantly written * JENNY COLGAN * A thrilling page-turner, and a reminder to treasure our sunsets and sunrises while we still have them. I couldnt put this book down! * Christina Dalcher, author of VOX *
