From Moby-Dick to Mr Ripley, the best stories of pursuit provide both compulsive plots and insights into a strangely intimate relationship
One of the appeals of chase stories is that they speak to experiences we’ve all known. We’ve all walked down a deserted street afraid that someone is following us. As children, we revelled in games where we hid from other people. And of course, if somebody is hiding, it usually means that somebody else is seeking.
In writing my latest novel, I thought a lot about the visceral fear of those being pursued, the dogged commitment of the pursuer – and the ties that bind them together. The result is Long Time Lost, a story about a network of people, hidden throughout Europe, in a privately operated and highly illegal protection scheme. When the scheme’s security is breached, there is no safety net and the chase is on.
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