Turning the police procedural on its head - violent cops, psycho villains, black humour and blood-red Brixton.

Featuring two of my favourite characters in crime fiction, Bill Smith and Lydia Chin, BLOOD TIES is a chilling and compelling look at the dark roots of violence among American teens. It's the most intense and topical work from one of the finest crime writers today. This is a writer - and a story - not to miss.

American crime writing's best-kept secret

a neat plot, interesting social commentary and compelling writing...Don't miss.

One of those very rare novels that changes the way you look at the world. Unflinching, highly sophisticated, superb.

A penetrating examination of cause and effect... the characters are well drawn, the action bloodthirsty and the end satisfying

Goddard is a master of the sly double and triple cross

A compulsive read ... ingenious and deftly-handled

It is certainly the best novel I've read so far this year, and should mark Zeh as one of Europe's brightest younger novelists

Interesting and original novel

Clever and gripping

Every chapter is taut, suspenseful, almost Hitchcock-esque. Zeh's style is fluent but also elegantly sparse... An absolute gem of a book.

From every angle - character study, philosophical discussion or straightforward plot - it shines with crystalline intensity, and so far as one can tell, nothing is lost in the translation. Complex and supremely elegant, this is a book to relish

This is a book and a half