Cold Sunset

William Boyd once again brings to the spy novel his particular storytelling genius

William Boyd once again brings to the spy novel his particular storytelling genius

Boyd is one of my favourite authors – he never disappoints

Boyd is always engaging, intelligent and deeply satisfying. I rate him one of our greatest living novelists

Extravagantly enjoyable

One of our most thrilling writers

For page-turning glamour, you can bank on a William Boyd novel to hit the spot

William Boyd was born in 1952 in Accra, Ghana, and grew up there and in Nigeria. He is the author of sixteen highly acclaimed, bestselling novels and five collections of stories. Any Human Heart was longlisted for the Booker Prize and adapted into a TV series with Channel 4. In 2005, Boyd was awarded the CBE. He is married and divides his time between London and south-west France.