Vine Street: SUNDAY TIMES Best Crime Books of the Year pick

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BEST CRIME BOOKS OF 2021 - THE TIMES/SUNDAY TIMES CRIME BOOK OF THE MONTH - THE TIMES Savage beautiful mesmeric...a very special book. CHRIS WHITAKER AUTHOR OF WE BEGIN AT THE END Extraordinary...a career-defining performance. THE TIMES/SUNDAY TIMES This is crime writing of the highest quality DAILY MAIL SOHO 1935. SERGEANT LEON GEATS PATCH. A snarling skull-cracking misanthrope Geats marshals the grimy rabble according to his own elastic moral code. The narrow alleys are brimming with jazz bars bookies blackshirts ponces and tarts so when a body is found above the Windmill Club detectives are content to dismiss the case as just another young woman who topped herself early. But Geats - a good man prepared to be a bad one if it keeps the worst of them at bay - knows the dark seams of the city. Working with his former partner mercenary Flying Squad sergeant Mark Cassar Geats obsessively dedicates himself to finding a warped killer - a decision that will reverberate for a lifetime and transform both men in ways they could never expect. A stirringly ambitious novel that pairs the scope of James Ellroys LA CONFIDENTIAL with the psychological depth of Graham Greenes BRIGHTON ROCK. Extraordinary. A. J. FINN A tour de force. A brilliant marriage of tension and rich detail. HARRIET TYCE An epic brutal blockbuster of a crime novel. Its the best film noir youve never seen complete with a love story that might just rip your heart out. TREVOR WOOD An enthralling tale that takes you into the seamy heart of Sohos past. Written in Nolans visceral muscular prose it is a joy to read. LESLEY KARA A rich ambitious masterpiece of a crime novel OLIVIA KIERNAN Poetic and tragic...but also vibrant with a great depth of world and character JAMES DELARGY Praise for Dominic Nolan: Nolan is set to become Britains Michael Connelly DAILY MAIL This powerhouse novel is not for the fragile-hearted...one hell of a debut HEAT A smart distinctive debut SUNDAY MIRROR