Eva Dolan is an Essex-based copywriter and intermittently successful poker player. Shortlisted for the Crime Writers’ Association Dagger for unpublished authors when she was just a teenager, the first novels in her series starring two detectives from the Peterborough Hate Crimes Unit, Long Way Home and Tell No Tales were published to widespread critical acclaim. Tell No Tales was shortlisted for the Theakston's Crime Novel of the Year and the third in the series, After You Die, was longlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger.

"A brilliant introduction to a new crime series... The plot is tight, the anger righteous, and the action thrilling" Metro "The modern scourge of people-trafficking is brilliantly described in this ingenious and compassionate novel" Sunday Times "A promising debut that pulls no punches" Sunday Mirror "Thrilling, original, so contemporary it feels as if it was written next year. Brilliant" -- Denise Mina "Perceptive and intelligent, with the ring of authenticity" -- Laura Wilson Guardian