Destroyers

AnEsquireBest Book of the Year APasteBest Novel of the YearRecommendedby theNew York Times, Entertainment Weekly, TIME, Vogue,Paste,New York Post, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Seattle Times,Yahoo!,Refinery29,BBC,PopSugar, Boston Herald, New York Social Diary, Library Journal, Bookstr, KirkusAseductive and richly atmospheric literary thriller with a sleek Patricia Highsmith surface.'New York Times Book Review'Equal parts Graham Greene, Patricia Highsmith, and F. Scott Fitzgerald,The Destroyersis at once lyrical and suspenseful, thoughtful and riveting.' Garth Greenwell, author ofWhat Belongs to YouSuperb. . . . A read-all-night of a book. Alan Furst, author ofA Hero of FranceArriving on the stunning Greek island of Patmos, Ian Bledsoe is broke, humiliated, and fleeing the fallout from his fathers death. His childhood friend Charlierich, exuberant, and basking in the success of his new venture on the islandcould be his last hope.At first Patmos appears to be a dreamlong, sun-soaked days on Charlies yacht and the reappearance of a girlfriend from Ians pastand Charlie readily offers Ian the lifeline he so desperately needs. But, like Charlie himself, this beautiful island conceals a darkness beneath, and it isnt long before the dream begins to fragment. When Charlie suddenly vanishes, Ian finds himself caught up in deception after deception. As he grapples with the turmoil left in his friends wake, he is reminded of an imaginary game called Destroyers they invented as childrena game, he now realizes, they may have never stopped playing.