The Light of Day is a 2003 novel by English author Graham Swift, published seven years after his previous novel, the Booker Prize winner Last Orders.
[1] The book is set in 1997 in Wimbledon,[2] the narrator George preparing to visit the grave of Bob Nash in Putney Vale Cemetery on the second anniversary of his death, and then to visit Sarah who was convicted of his murder and with whom George has fallen in love.
George recounts his involvement in the crime, employed by Sarah as a private investigator to ensure that Bob's affair with Kristina, a Croatian refugee, had come to an end.
Upon release, The Light of Day was generally well-received among British press.
[3] Globally, Complete Review saying on the consensus "No consensus -- and lots and lots of comparisons to his earlier novels".