A Cursed Place
*ONE OF 40 BOOKS FOR SUMMER* 'gripping'- iNews
'A panoramic thriller ...chockful of vivid characters' THE SUNDAY TIMES
'An intriguing, timely and unsettling new thriller' SAM BOURNE
'Catapults you from first word to last... pacy, sinister and timely read' ALAN JUDD
'Another page-turner from a writer who can take you into gripping worlds, real and virtual.' MISHAL HUSAIN
'The dark world of private cyber-surveillance crackles off the page - full of jeopardy and suspense.' ALLAN LITTLE

KNOWLEDGE IS POWER. AND THEY KNOW EVERYTHING.

The tech company Public Square believes in 'doing well by doing good'. It's built a multi-billion dollar business on this philosophy and by getting to know what people want. They know a lot. But who else can access all that information and what are they planning to do with it?

Radio reporter William Carver is an analogue man in a digital world. He isn't the most tech-savvy reporter, he's definitely old school, but he needs to learn fast - the people he cares most about are in harm's way.

From the Chilean mines where they dig for raw materials that enable the tech revolution, to the streets of Hong Kong where anti-government protesters are fighting against the Chinese State, to the shiny research laboratories of Silicon Valley where personal data is being mined everyday - A Cursed Place is a gripping thriller set against the global forces that shape our times.

'A true page turner - highly recommended'. TORTOISE

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A Cursed Place
*ONE OF 40 BOOKS FOR SUMMER* 'gripping'- iNews
'A panoramic thriller ...chockful of vivid characters' THE SUNDAY TIMES
'An intriguing, timely and unsettling new thriller' SAM BOURNE
'Catapults you from first word to last... pacy, sinister and timely read' ALAN JUDD
'Another page-turner from a writer who can take you into gripping worlds, real and virtual.' MISHAL HUSAIN
'The dark world of private cyber-surveillance crackles off the page - full of jeopardy and suspense.' ALLAN LITTLE

KNOWLEDGE IS POWER. AND THEY KNOW EVERYTHING.

The tech company Public Square believes in 'doing well by doing good'. It's built a multi-billion dollar business on this philosophy and by getting to know what people want. They know a lot. But who else can access all that information and what are they planning to do with it?

Radio reporter William Carver is an analogue man in a digital world. He isn't the most tech-savvy reporter, he's definitely old school, but he needs to learn fast - the people he cares most about are in harm's way.

From the Chilean mines where they dig for raw materials that enable the tech revolution, to the streets of Hong Kong where anti-government protesters are fighting against the Chinese State, to the shiny research laboratories of Silicon Valley where personal data is being mined everyday - A Cursed Place is a gripping thriller set against the global forces that shape our times.

'A true page turner - highly recommended'. TORTOISE

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A Cursed Place

A Cursed Place

by Peter Hanington
A Cursed Place

A Cursed Place

by Peter Hanington

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*ONE OF 40 BOOKS FOR SUMMER* 'gripping'- iNews
'A panoramic thriller ...chockful of vivid characters' THE SUNDAY TIMES
'An intriguing, timely and unsettling new thriller' SAM BOURNE
'Catapults you from first word to last... pacy, sinister and timely read' ALAN JUDD
'Another page-turner from a writer who can take you into gripping worlds, real and virtual.' MISHAL HUSAIN
'The dark world of private cyber-surveillance crackles off the page - full of jeopardy and suspense.' ALLAN LITTLE

KNOWLEDGE IS POWER. AND THEY KNOW EVERYTHING.

The tech company Public Square believes in 'doing well by doing good'. It's built a multi-billion dollar business on this philosophy and by getting to know what people want. They know a lot. But who else can access all that information and what are they planning to do with it?

Radio reporter William Carver is an analogue man in a digital world. He isn't the most tech-savvy reporter, he's definitely old school, but he needs to learn fast - the people he cares most about are in harm's way.

From the Chilean mines where they dig for raw materials that enable the tech revolution, to the streets of Hong Kong where anti-government protesters are fighting against the Chinese State, to the shiny research laboratories of Silicon Valley where personal data is being mined everyday - A Cursed Place is a gripping thriller set against the global forces that shape our times.

'A true page turner - highly recommended'. TORTOISE


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781529305241
Publisher: John Murray Press
Publication date: 06/13/2023
Series: William Carver Series
Pages: 464
Product dimensions: 5.25(w) x 7.87(h) x (d)

About the Author

Peter Hanington is the author of A Dying Breed, A Single Source and A Cursed Place, which star old-school radio journalist William Carver. Peter worked as a journalist and radio producer for over twenty-five years, including fourteen years at Radio 4 on the Today Programme as well as The World Tonight and Newshour on the BBC World Service. His field work has taken him around the world, from Russia to Hong Kong, Lebanon, Liberia and South Africa. He currently lives between London and New York and still travels frequently as research for his novels.
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