The Old Orchard by Tony Salter

The Old Orchard by Tony Salter

Finance Director, Alastair Johnson, is in trouble. He needs a lot of money, and he needs it very soon.

Alastair's solution is unorthodox and completely out of character - the fallout leaves his family torn apart.

But everything is not what it seems .

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It reads like a fast-paced and twisting thriller, but built around rich complex characters and dotted with beautiful, often moving, descriptions of feelings and place. I loved the short, punchy chapters and easy format. Very original.

What a cracking story I especially enjoyed the way it all unfolded at the end. Really clever and credible and I didn't see the twists coming - very well done

As in his previous book, 'Best Eaten Cold', Tony Salter captures our attention and keeps it, as the story unfolds chapter by chapter. Full of lovely prose, characters that you feel you know and some surprise twists and turns, this is a truly sumptuous and satisfying read.

FLIPIN' BRILIANT

The Old Orchard is a pacy, tense, domestic thriller which builds an original and satisfying plot around real characters we can believe in. The prose is light and evocative with vivid descriptions and many moments of real insight and human wisdom.

This is a different book from the author's debut, although the author's originality and individual style remains. The Old Orchard is not quite as dark and twisted - at least not on the surface - but it is an equally compelling read. Flipping between 1995 and 2017, the exciting plot develops and holds the reader's attention as we learn how easy it is for a family to break itself in two. We also learn to care what happens to the characters and there are plenty of moments of genuine human emotion to move us.

Salter, Tony: - Tony is the author of two novels, Best Eaten Cold and The Old Orchard (to be published in September 2017). He is currently working on his third, Sixty Minutes, which will be published in 2018. Having worked as a manager and Chief Executive for most of his life, Tony decided in early 2015 that writing fiction would be the main focus of his life going forwards. An avid reader across multiple fiction genres, he is happy to jump around between classics, literary fiction, fantasy (at the literary end), thrillers and anything else which comes along. Highlights of his early career include (in no particular order) three years as an oilfield engineer in the Egyptian desert, twelve years managing record companies for EMI Music in Greece, India and across Eastern Europe, running a caravan site in the South of France and being chauffeur to the French Consul in Sydney. Having survived the Dotcom boom, he went on to be a founder of the world's largest website for expatriates, a major music publisher and a successful hotel technology business. In amongst this, Tony found the time to backpack around the world twice (once in his twenties and once in his fifties), learn six languages (including Norwegian and Greek) and to find a beautiful Norwegian wife while studying for an MBA in Fontainebleau, France. He now lives in Oxfordshire and writes full-time. He is fifty-seven and married with three children and four grandchildren. You can find out more about Tony at www.tonysalter.com

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ISBN 13	9780995797734
ISBN 10	0995797730
Title	The Old Orchard
Author	Tony Salter
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Expat Travel Services Limited
Year published	2017-11-07
Number of pages	262
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