At the City's Edge

Oct 6, 2024 9:30 AM

Author:Marcus Sakey

At the City's Edge

Jason Palmer loved being a soldier. But after returning from Iraq with an "other than honourable" discharge, he's finding rebuilding his life the toughest battle yet.

Elena Cruz is a talented cop, the first woman to make Chicago's prestigious Gang Intelligence Unit. She's ready for anything the job can throw at her.

Until Jason's brother, a prominent community activist, is murdered in front of his own son.

Now, stalked by brutal men with a shadowy agenda, Jason and Elena must unravel a conspiracy stretching from the darkest alleys of the ghetto to the manicured lawns of the city's power brokers. In a world where corruption and violence are simply the cost of doing business, two damaged people are all that stand between an innocent child - and the killers who will stop at nothing to find him.

Reviews

Tightly structured and compelling ... You don't want to meet Jack Taylor in person, but if you're a crime fan, you do want to read every book he features in.

—— Irish Times for PRIEST

Ken Bruen is finally getting his due. Priest is grimy, brooding, pawkily funny and wholly original. Great.

—— Observer for PRIEST

A gripping story of guilt and redemption.

—— Independent on Sunday for CROSS

A compelling portrait of a haunted man.

—— Guardian for CROSS

Sanctuary...packs a powerful punch. Taylor's alcoholic self-disgust is utterly convincing, and the supporting low life characters in the story are deftly and vibrantly drawn through pared-to-the-bone prose. Unforgettable.

—— Irish Independent

Hill's is a welcome new voice, confident and sassy, and, most importantly of all, she tells a great story

—— Mark Billingham

A book that's impossible to put down

—— Sport Magazine

The most riotously funny writing on golf, sex and violence since the police report on a certain golfer's marital dispute

—— News of the World

Jo Nesbo is no ordinary writer

—— Sunday Telegraph

Interesting and exciting... Hole and his author provide unusually good reading

—— Literary Review

Thrilling

—— Daily Express

The Redeemer is an enjoyable chilly manhunt through Oslo's wintery streets

—— The Observer

Jo Nesbo has been gradually climbing the competitive league of Nordic crime writers. With The Redeemer he's touching the summit

—— The Times

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