Following the success of his novel Il-Ġurament tal-Ħatra published in 2013, author Lawrence Gatt has just returned to the bookshelves with his latest novel Id-Dnub ma jorqodx, published by Merlin Publishers.

This novel will make good summer reading for all those who enjoy family intrigue, revelations amid comebacks from the past and heartache. In Id-Dnub ma jorqodx, we meet businessman Louis Micallef and his family. Micallef has a serious car accident that leaves him in intensive care in a coma. His distraught family - his wife and four children - suddenly find themselves in a web of difficulties and uncharted territories.

A rich cast of characters, both faces present in the family's life and others from the distant past, destabilises the family's life at this delicate moment, with temptations and distractions. Meanwhile, there is the pressing matter of who will steer the family business in the father's absence.

Lawrence Gatt's new novel takes the readers on a journey from Malta to Italy, Dubrovnik to Medjugorje, to Dubai, Cape Town in South Africa and Australia, as we follow a family desperately trying to find its way in their new circumstances.

Gatt has been writing for many years but in the recent past he has renewed his popularity with his previous novel Il-Ġurament tal-Ħatra.

'Id-Dnub ma jorqodx' is available from all bookshops or online directly from www.merlinpublishers.com