The most startlingly original crime novel to emerge this decade.GQ
The reading equivalent of a boxers sharp jab to the solar plexus. Its fast-paced, tough and pretty sexy.Pulp
In south London, an unlikely gang of kidnappersNick, an ex-bouncer; Dex, a charismatic sociopath; and Lisa, a motormouth junkie femme fatalehatches a plot. Their prey is a powerful local businessman with an obsession for the poet Rilke. The thing is, each kidnapper has a very different agenda, which means its only a matter of time before the joking stops and the violence takes over.
Ken Bruens dark contemporary thriller matches a razor-sharp vernacular with a country music soundtrack to create a truly intoxicating and original mix.
