Author:Charlie Newton
Patti Black is the most decorated cop in Chicago; a ghetto street officer, she redefines the word badass. But the steel-plated exterior she shows to the world - solitary, friendless, loveless - hides the hideous traumas of her past. As an orphaned child, she was horribly sexually abused by her foster parents, and the torments of the past are only barely contained by her meticulously maintained tough-guy persona.
When a serious of seemingly unrelated cases - a drug bust gone bad, a mayoral assassination attempt, the abduction and murder of a state attorney, a long-hidden body walled up in a tenement basement - all point in her direction, she comes to the horrified realization that her past is no longer staying in its deeply suppressed place. It's back and hunting her down...
A powerhouse debut. Packed with nonstop action and searing emotion, written in blistering prose, Calument City marks Charlie Newton as a new force in suspense fiction.
—— Jeff Abbott, author of PanicA searing debut.
—— Publishers WeeklyThe best cop noir for years.
—— LEE CHILDIntense and explosive; destined to become a cult classic.
—— Chicago TribuneA psychological thriller that keeps the reader on edge until the last page... A haunting story of guilt, denial and the possibility of demonic possession
—— Kirkus Reviews, starred reviewA creepy and entertaining story full of perfectly written characters. A definite recommendation
—— Library JournalThis is an edgy, compelling read-more unnerving than scary-that will slide its hooks deep inside and throttle you more than a few times before it's all over
—— BooklistA blend of creepy literary horror and taut psychological thriller
—— Marie ClaireSinister, edgy and with a hold that doesn't let up
—— Woman & HomeBest read as an authentic, full-blooded, old-fashioned ghost story...genuinely eerie... will have you staying up late
—— Independent on Sunday. . . perfectly gripping . . . It is a clever serial/ ritual-murderer tale set in remotest rural Canada, but the most original feature of the story is its principal detective . . . Hazel Micallef is a splendid recruit to the ranks of fictional detectives.
—— Literary ReviewTerrifying, moving and complex . . . the first in a sensational series . . . truly compelling . . . a thrilling psychological tale which ratchets up the pace from the intriguing opening scene to the heart-in-the-mouth finale.
—— Peterborough Evening TelegraphPatterson is in a class by himself.
—— VANITY FAIR... opens with one of the most chilling murder scenes I've read in a long time ... High-octane stuff
—— Daily ExpressI was completely swept along by it. It was absolutely fantastic: I romped through it. It is wonderfully-well and scarily described. There is a James Bond quality. It was inspired. Cross Country has an amazing sense of speed, there's a really brilliant tension in the plot. You really believe in Alex Cross.
You're just completely engrossed in it from start to finish. Absolutely incredible. Taking [Cross] into Africa is a masterstroke. The story is unrelentingly exciting.
Psychologically acute and extremely disturbing, Ruth Rendell's work is outstanding
—— The TimesRendell has a Dickensian empathy, informed by a prodigious love of London life. Her account, bursting with colour and vitality, is a treat to read
—— The Independent
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