Bright Shining as the Sun: An Émile Cinq-Mars Novel

John Farrow’s bold storytelling is classic crime fiction and psychological thriller, drawing readers into the dark and deeply immersive world of iconic Sergeant-Detective Émile Cinq-Mars. While recovering from a gunshot wound, Cinq-Mars receives word of a triple gangland homicide. The accused is in custody, in hospital recovering from injuries received at the scene of the crime - but then the stakes intensify when the officer on guard is found murdered in the prisoner’s washroom. Despite having been handcuffed to his bed, the prisoner is the only suspect in that killing as well. Penetrating one gang’s hierarchy, to discern who betrays whom and why, is vital to disentangle lies from truth, deceit from loyalty... and Cinq-Mars quickly finds he is racing against gangs and cops who seek their own warring justice - while knocking on death’s door himself. With its imaginative premise and intricate structure, Bright Shining As the Sun melds vivid, artful storytelling in this intellectually stimulating and emotionally affecting story of profound brotherly love that has brokered the lives of men distorted by inflamed familial dysfunction. This is the 11th book in the Cinq-Mars adventure!

John Farrow’s crime novels have received extraordinary acclaim around the world. City of Ice, which introduced his iconic detective, Sergeant-Detective Émile Cinq-Mars, was a bestseller in lands as diverse as Singapore, France, the Netherlands, and South Africa and was published in 17 countries. John Farrow is Trevor Ferguson’s crime fiction nom de plume. Under the two names, he is the author of 17 novels. He has also had four plays produced, including in New York; the French version of Long, Long, Short, Long was seen by more than 22,000 patrons, remarkable for a play in Canada and for an English writer in Quebec. The film of his novel, The Timekeeper, was released in 2009. Bright Shining As the Sun is the 11th novel featuring the iconic Émile Cinq-Mars.