The Sunshine Man

A Novel

By Emma Stonex

On Sale: 11/11/2025

The week I shot a man clean through the head began like any other . . .

From Emma Stonex, bestselling author of The Lamplighters, comes The Sunshine Man, a tangled mystery about a terrible crime and a revenge plotted over decades

In January 1989, Birdie wakes to the news she’s been waiting eighteen years to hear. Jimmy Maguire, the man who killed her sister, has been freed from jail. Birdie leaves for London with a gun and a plan: to find him and make him pay. But there’s another side to the story, and she’s about to enter a world of family lies, worn-out loyalties, and long-buried betrayals.

Did Jimmy kill Birdie’s sister, or is he the only one she can really trust? And when the truth is finally revealed, will she choose forgiveness—or retribution?

A heart-stopping new novel of murky shared pasts and a fury-fuelled present, The Sunshine Man is a thrilling cat-and-mouse chase set against the salt-drenched backdrop of England’s south coast, from bestselling author Emma Stonex.

ISBN: 9781443461917
Imprint: HarperCollins Publishers
On Sale: Nov 11, 2025
List price: $35.99
Trim Size: 1.000 in (w) x 1.000 in (h) x 1.000 in (d)
BISAC 1: FICTION / Mystery & Detective / General
BISAC 2: FICTION / Literary
BISAC 3: FICTION / General

Emma Stonex

Biography

EMMA STONEX is the author of The Lamplighters, which was her debut novel under her own name, and several other books written under a pseudonym. Before becoming a writer, she worked as an editor at a major publishing house. She lives in Bristol with her husband and two young daughters.

Meg Salter

Edward Rowe

The week I shot a man clean through the head began like any other . . .

From Emma Stonex, bestselling author of The Lamplighters, comes The Sunshine Man, a tangled mystery about a terrible crime and a revenge plotted over decades

In January 1989, Birdie wakes to the news she’s been waiting eighteen years to hear. Jimmy Maguire, the man who killed her sister, has been freed from jail. Birdie leaves for London with a gun and a plan: to find him and make him pay. But there’s another side to the story, and she’s about to enter a world of family lies, worn-out loyalties, and long-buried betrayals.

Did Jimmy kill Birdie’s sister, or is he the only one she can really trust? And when the truth is finally revealed, will she choose forgiveness—or retribution?

A heart-stopping new novel of murky shared pasts and a fury-fuelled present, The Sunshine Man is a thrilling cat-and-mouse chase set against the salt-drenched backdrop of England’s south coast, from bestselling author Emma Stonex.

ISBN: 9781443461917
Imprint: HarperCollins Publishers
On Sale: Nov 11, 2025
List price: $35.99
Trim Size: 1.000 in (w) x 1.000 in (h) x 1.000 in (d)
BISAC 1: FICTION / Mystery & Detective / General
BISAC 2: FICTION / Literary
BISAC 3: FICTION / General

Emma Stonex

Biography

EMMA STONEX is the author of The Lamplighters, which was her debut novel under her own name, and several other books written under a pseudonym. Before becoming a writer, she worked as an editor at a major publishing house. She lives in Bristol with her husband and two young daughters.

Meg Salter

Edward Rowe