Not Alive, Not Dead :A gripping historical thriller full of intrigue and suspicion
Not Alive, Not Dead :A gripping historical thriller full of intrigue and suspicion
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4 September, 2025
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How do you find someone nobody believes is missing? A new historical thriller perfect for fans of Conclave
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'Likely to find favour with fans of Robert Harris' STRONG WORDS
'A masterful meditation on power, conscience and the cost of looking away' ADAM HAMDY
'Wonderful, moving and heart-breaking' TOM BENJAMIN
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Buenos Aires, 1976. A military junta rules Argentina with an iron fist. People are going missing. There are whispers of secret detention centres, of torture and murder behind locked doors.
Pablo Morales, a young priest, doesn't believe the rumours, until he hears a series of confessions that force him to confront the truth of the government's crimes - as well as the complicity of the Church.
Pablo knows he must investigate. But the deeper he explores this dangerous world, the harder it will be to ever escape it . . .
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More Details
| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| ISBN13 | 9781805464266 |
| ISBN10 | 1805464264 |
| Number Of Pages | 416 |
| Item Weight | 1000 g |
| Product Dimensions | 130 x 198 x 26 mm |
| Publisher / Reseller | Atlantic Books |
| Format | paperback |
| Edition | Main |
Media Reviews
John Donoghue writes with the precision of a historian and the soul of a novelist. Not Alive, Not Dead is a masterful meditation on power, conscience, and the cost of looking away. Donoghue's characters are alive with moral ambiguity, heartbreak, and terrifying realism, and leave us wondering what we would do in their shoes -- Adam Hamdy, bestselling author of PENDULUM and co-author of the PRIVATE series
John Donoghue's intensely evocative Not Alive, Not Dead brilliantly captures the creeping horror of authoritarianism. Although set in the 1970s, readers will have little trouble drawing parallels with today, not least how Pablo's initial disbelief - it couldn't happen here - adjusts to the incontrovertible, and heartbreaking, truth. -- Tom Benjamin, author of the DANIEL LEICESTER mysteries
Likely to find favour with fans of Robert Harris for its construction of an individual, against-the-clock quest for justice amid a real-life episode of historical dreadfulness * Strong Words *
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Author's Bio
John Donoghue is the author of The Death's Head Chess Club, which has been translated into twelve languages. He lives in Liverpool with his wife and has worked in mental health for over twenty years.