Children of Wolves by Lawrence Osborne 

Children of Wolves by Lawrence Osborne — a tense, atmospheric, Ripley-esque thriller of privilege, deception, and dangerous ideology set against the glittering backdrop of Turkey.

Never fall for your prey.

Private investigator Tyler Sedgewick is hired by a petrochemical billionaire to track down his runaway daughter, Chana. At a seaside hotel on the Turkish Riviera he finds her living under a false name, lounging with three wealthy, enigmatic friends. Enthralled by her elegance and drawn into their circle of wine, raki, and late-night conversation, Tyler chooses not to report her immediately. Instead he stays close, feeding her father just enough information while becoming increasingly entangled in their world.

What begins as a straightforward missing-person case soon reveals something far darker. The four young people share a history of trauma and a radical conviction that modern society is spiritually dead — and that a single decisive act can tilt the axis of the world. As Tyler moves with them from the coast into the backstreets and renovated palaces of Istanbul and beyond, roles reverse, secrets surface, and a sinister plot gathers momentum.

With the elegant prose and moral ambiguity that have made Lawrence Osborne one of the most distinctive voices in contemporary literary thrillers, Children of Wolves is a seductive cat-and-mouse story of class, ideology, and the dangerous allure of the prey who refuses to be caught.

Perfect for readers of Patricia Highsmith and John le Carré.