Death of a Coast Watcher is a gripping and ambitious novel that ranges across time and space, exploring the distant ramifications of a seemingly minor act of violence on a remote island during WWII. Deeply atmospheric and with a firm command of local cultures, it plays with the misunderstandings that form part of all human relationships and lays them bare as key to the human condition itself.

– Nigel Barley, Author

English tackles tough questions about war … the question whether those who survived will ever cease to be haunted is left open.

– Susan Blumberg-Kason, author of Good Chinese Wife, Asian Review Of Books

After an incredible opening and a brutal account from WWII New Guinea, readers are kept guessing as to where they will go next in the islands of the Pacific. They are then spun sideways to Australia and to Japan to revisit the scene of wartime crimes. I found myself on a complex journey that I did not want to stop.

– Tim Page, Author and photojournalist