A stunning literary crime novel from the acclaimed author of Peacetime.The first in a trilogy of contemporary crime novels set in the city of Hulland told in th... » 

A stunning literary crime novel from the acclaimed author of Peacetime.The first in a trilogy of contemporary crime novels set in the city of Hulland told in the wry tones of the troubled Private Investigator Leo Rivers.Robert Edrics new departure into Noirish fiction is reminiscent of Chandlerand Mosley and yet remains uniquely British. Against the backdrop of a worldof pornography and child murder this dark and intense novel reads like a gameof chess where every piece is invested with a deceptive significance. Edricstrademarks of vivid characterization and delicious prose are as seductive asever. From the Hardcover edition. «