The Actor

Pre-order the paperback of 2024''s most original new thriller, a story of glamour, secrets and obsession...

"This compelling psychological thriller set in the acting world is both uncompromising and unsettling, with deeply layered characters and a narrative voice that grabs you from the opening line and won''t let you go. Fascinating." Alex Michaelides, no.1 international bestselling author of The Silent Patient

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At long last, Adam Sealey has an Oscar within reach. Working with his controversial former mentor, Jonathan, he''s given the performance of a lifetime, and he almost believes it might be worth the cost.

Because Adam subscribes to "the method". It''s the secret that the world''s greatest actors swear by - digging into their darkest, most personal traumas to bring a role to life.

And Adam''s greatest trauma is worse than most. Losing his mother when he was just a boy. A forced choice between the success he craved and the girl he loved. And that night back in drama school, the night of Adam''s darkest secret, when everyone knows about the dead body, but nobody suspects the truth.

And then he gets a message: someone knows. And if they tell, everything Adam''s worked for will come crashing down.<>

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Product details

• Authors: Chris MacDonald
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 15.08.2024
• EAN: 9781405958318
• ISBN: 978-1-4059-5831-8
• No. of pages: 400
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 35 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Suspense; Fiction > Suspense > Crime fiction, thrillers, espionage; Hollywood, FICTION / Literary, FICTION / Psychological, FICTION / Thrillers / Psychological, FICTION / Thrillers / Crime, Narrative theme: Interior life, Narrative theme: Sense of place, Narrative theme: Identity / belonging, Acting techniques, Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, FICTION / Performing Arts / General