Permissible Limits (70 page)

How far can you go?

When Ellie Bruce loses her husband, Adam, in an unexplained flying accident over the English Channel, her life is torn apart. The aftermath ofhis death brings shock after shock. Their business, which she believed was flourishing, is on the point ofcollapse. And it seems that Adam was having an affair…

Surviving the wreckage will be her greatest challenge. Her husband’s pride and joy, a World War II vintage Mustang, is the key to what remains of her life. Ellie must fight to keep the plane. And to keep it she must learn to fly it.

But the Mustang has a past. It is a past that draws Ellie into a terrifying battle of wills with her husband’s ex-business partner. Everyone the plane touches is pushed to the limit, to the limit of courage, to the limit oflove. And beyond…

Permissible Limits is about the long shadow of World War II, it is about flying at its most demanding and about a woman who must suddenly survive in a man’s world.

REVIEWS FOR NOCTURNE BY GRAHAM HURLEY

‘
With a deftness that is sharp and painful, Hurley entices you into the terrified and confused mind of his heroine. This spooky novel is utterly gripping’

Daily Telegraph

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A compelling narrative w ith an unexpected twist in the tail’

Books Magazine

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Intricate pacey and thrilling, this is a book to keep you awake all nighteven after you have finished it’

Harpers & Queen