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*THE BEST CRIME NOVEL OF 2024 - THE TIMES* BEST CRIME BOOKS OF 2024 - SUNDAY TIMES* BOOKS OF THE MONTH - THE GUARDIAN'I very much doubt I'll read a better crime novel this year' IAN RANKIN'The best crime novel I've read this year' THE TIMES'Quite breathtaking' DAILY MAIL'Superb' THE GUARDIAN'Dominic Nolan is a wonderful writer' CHRIS WHITAKER'A truly excellent crime novel' MAIL ON SUNDAYIt's 1952, and London is victorious but broken, a city of war ruins and rationing, run by gangsters and black-market spivs.An elaborate midnight heist, the biggest robbery in British history, sends newspapers into a frenzy. Politicians are furious, the police red-faced. They have suspicions but no leads. Hunches but no proof.For two families, it is more than just a sensational headline, as their fathers fail to return home on the day of the robbery.Young Addie Rowe, daughter of a missing Jamaican postman and drunk ex-club hostess mother, struggles to care for her little sister in a dilapidated Brixton rooming house. Claire Martin, increasingly resentful of roads not taken, strives to make the rent and keep her teenage son Ray from falling under unsavoury influences in Notting Dale. She finds herself caught between the interests of dangerous men who may know the truth behind her husband's disappearance: Dave Lander, whose reserved nature she finds difficult to reconcile with his reputation as a violent gang enforcer, and Teddy 'Mother' Nunn, a sociopathic, evangelising outlaw and top lieutenant in Billy Hill's underworld.Drawn together through the years in the city's invisible web of crime and poverty, the fates of the broken families and violent men collide in 1958, as the West Indian community of Notting Hill's slums come under attack from thugs and Teddy Boys. For Addie, Claire, Dave and Mother, old scores will be settled and new dreams chased in the crucible of London's violent summer.'Incredibly good... one of the most interesting, brilliant crime writers around' JANE CASEY'What a triumph. What an absolutely magnificent achievement. Transporting, startling, and ultimately almost overwhelmingly powerful' A.J. FINN'Mind-blowing...so much more than a crime novel. An amazing piece of work' SARAH PINBOROUGH'An extraordinary piece of work. The writing is beautiful and the world is entirely realistic in its brutality and moments of transcendence, reminiscent of Patrick Hamilton's work and also Brighton Rock. A brilliant book' HARRIET TYCE'This is one of the richest, most absorbing novels I've read all year' TOM BENN'More James Ellroy than Agatha Christie, it's bleak, brutal and often thrilling. Both vivid and visceral, it's a rewarding reminder of just how ambitious crime fiction can be' THE HERALDPraise for Dominic Nolan:'Brings the obsessional dread of James Ellroy to 1940s London' IAN RANKIN'Extraordinary...a career-defining performance' THE SUNDAY TIMES, CRIME BOOKS OF THE YEAR'Crime writing of the highest quality' DAILY MAIL

THE BEST CRIME NOVEL OF 2024 - THE TIMES BEST CRIME BOOKS OF 2024 - SUNDAY TIMES BOOKS OF THE MONTH - THE GUARDIAN 'I very much doubt I'll read a better crime novel this year' IAN RANKIN'The best crime novel I've read this year' THE TIMES'Quite breathtaking' DAILY MAIL'Superb' THE GUARDIAN'Dominic Nolan is a wonderful writer' CHRIS WHITAKER'A truly excellent crime novel' MAIL ON SUNDAYIt's 1952, and London is victorious but broken, a city of war ruins and rationing, run by gangsters and black-market spivs.An elaborate midnight heist, the biggest robbery in British history, sends newspapers into a frenzy. Politicians are furious, the police red-faced. They have suspicions but no leads. Hunches but no proof.For two families, it is more than just a sensational headline, as their fathers fail to return home on the day of the robbery.Young Addie Rowe, daughter of a missing Jamaican postman and drunk ex-club hostess mother, struggles to care for her little sister in a dilapidated Brixton rooming house.Claire Martin, increasingly resentful of roads not taken, strives to make the rent and keep her teenage son Ray from falling under unsavoury influences in Notting Dale.She finds herself caught between the interests of dangerous men who may know the truth behind her husband's disappearance: Dave Lander, whose reserved nature she finds difficult to reconcile with his reputation as a violent gang enforcer, and Teddy 'Mother' Nunn, a sociopathic, evangelising outlaw and top lieutenant in Billy Hill's underworld.Drawn together through the years in the city's invisible web of crime and poverty, the fates of the broken families and violent men collide in 1958, as the West Indian community of Notting Hill's slums come under attack from thugs and Teddy Boys. For Addie, Claire, Dave and Mother, old scores will be settled and new dreams chased in the crucible of London's violent summer.'Dominic Nolan is one hell of a writer' MARK BILLINGHAM'Dominic Nolan is a brilliant and immersive writer, and this marvellous novel will play havoc with your emotions' LAURA SHEPHERD-ROBINSON'Incredibly good... one of the most interesting, brilliant crime writers around' JANE CASEY'What a triumph. What an absolutely magnificent achievement' A.J. FINN'Mind-blowing...so much more than a crime novel. An amazing piece of work' SARAH PINBOROUGH'An extraordinary piece of work' HARRIET TYCE'This is one of the richest, most absorbing novels I've read all year' TOM BENN

SOME CRIMES CAN NEVER BE FORGOTTEN'BEAUTIFULLY WRITTEN' DAILY MAIL'A GREAT STORY TOLD WITH REAL POISE' SIMON KERNICK, SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERDetective Abigail Boone has been missing for four days when she is finally found. Suffering retrograde amnesia, she is a stranger to her despairing husband and bewildered son.Hopelessly lost in her own life, with no leads on her abduction, Boone's only instinct is to revisit the case she was investigating when she vanished: the baffling disappearance of a young woman, Sarah Still.Defying her family and the police, Boone obsessively follows a deadly trail to uncover the shocking truth. But even if she finds Sarah, will Boone ever be the same again?From a blistering new voice in crime fiction, PAST LIFE is a razor-sharp thriller perfect for fans of authors such as Ian Rankin, Tim Weaver, Susie Steiner, Joseph Knox and Peter May.'ONE HELL OF A DEBUT' HEAT'AN ASTONISHING DEBUT' WOMAN'S OWN'CRIME AS IT SHOULD BE WRITTEN...GRIPPING, ADDICTIVE, A THRILL OF A RIDE.' JO SPAIN international bestseller'GRABS YOU AND REFUSES TO LET GO TILL THE VERY END' ALEX GRAY'A SMART, DISTINCTIVE DEBUT' SUNDAY MIRROR'I LOVED IT...IT'S TAUT, BEAUTIFULLY WRITTEN AND AT SOME POINTS THE TENSION IS ALMOST TOO MUCH TO BEAR.' HARRIET TYCE'I REALLY LOVED THIS...A TWISTING, HEART-WRENCHING STORY WITH WONDERFULLY VIVID CHARACTERS' CLAIRE MCGOWAN

PEOPLE ARE BORN. MONSTERS ARE MADE.Epic, thrilling and beautifully written, AFTER DARK is a twisting masterpiece of crime fiction that fans of Ian Rankin, Tim Weaver, Belinda Bauer and Tana French will love. A girl held captive her entire lifeAfter a shocking discovery, the police must unravel a mystery that horrifies the nation.A detective condemned as a criminalViolently abducted while searching for a missing woman, D.S. Abigail Boone suffered retrograde amnesia - remembering nothing of her previous life. Defying the law to hunt those responsible, she now languishes behind bars.A monster hiding in the shadowsIn desperation, police turn to Boone - who fears a connection to the disappearance of a child three decades earlier...and a mysterious underworld figure whose name is spoken only in whispers.Freed from prison, what will Boone sacrifice - and who must she become - to uncover the terrifying truth?