The Singer's Gun

'Brilliant' Boston Globe
'Tantalizing' Washington Post
After shaking off an increasingly dangerous venture with his cousin, Anton Waker has spent years constructing an honest life for himself. But then a routine security check brings his past crashing back towards him. His marriage and career in ruins, Anton finds himself in Italy with one last job from his cousin. But there is someone on his tail and they are getting closer . . .
The Singer's Gun follows Anton; Alex Broden, a detective on the trail of a people-trafficker; and Elena, caught up in the investigation against her will. Taut and thrilling, it is a novel about loyalty and betrayal, and the things we are willing to sacrifice for love.
'Mandel is an exuberant storyteller' New York Times

Emily St. John Mandel