Someone Else's Conflict

By Alison Layland

The boy looks up and sees the foreigner's rifle aimed at him. Why is this man here? This is not his conflict, it is not the boy's... it is hell. Jay has been home for a long time, but the ghosts of Yugoslavia are still with him as he busks his way round the country. Marilyn is fresh out of a controlling relationship and desperate to reassert her independence. The last thing she needs is to fall for an itinerant storyteller who has a strange relationship with the truth. And then the police call on her. When the past catches up with the present and stories become reality, Jay and Marilyn must decide who to believe and who to betray. "A real page-turner about the need for love, and the search for redemption... If you like a fast-paced thriller but want more - then buy this book" Martine Bailey, author of An Appetite for Violets "Snatches my interest and my emotions and never lets go..." Thorne Moore, author of A Time for Silence Someone Else's Conflict is a compelling narrative of trust and betrayal, love, duty and honour from a talented debut novelist.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Honno Press
• Release date: Nov 6, 2014
• ISBN: 9781909983199

Alison Layland

Alison Layland is a writer and translator who has told herself stories for as long as she can remember. She first started writing them down for others to share when she moved to Wales in 1997, and a Welsh language course led the way to creative writing classes. She won the short story competition at the National Eisteddfod in 2002. She studied Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic at Cambridge University, and after a brief spell as a taxi driver worked for several years as a chartered surveyor before returning to her first love – language. She translates from German, French and Welsh into English, and her published translations include a number of award-winning and best-selling novels. Her debut novel, Someone Else’s Conflict (2014), is also published by Honno. Find out more at www.alayland.uk