Author:John Harvey
When a man is found in the middle of Alfreton Road in the early hours one Sunday morning, stark naked and bleeding heavily from a chest wound, he is the latest in a series of viscous attacks on men.
Enquiries in the mean-streets of Nottingham's red-light district have brought the investigations to a dead end.
Charlie Resnick is the man for the job. And as if he hasn't had enough to deal with, he now has to provide police protection for a celebrity at the annual crime convention - an author with some very unpleasant 'fan' mail.
Chronically short-staffed as he is, it's a guessing game as to when Resnick's lack of manpower will have fatal consequences.
A worthy addition to the increasingly indispensable Resnick series
—— Maxim Jakubowski , Time OutJohn Harvey is lights out one of the best
—— Michael ConnellyAstonishingly accomplished
—— Daily MailBrainy and well-written . . . a remarkable debut
—— Sunday TimesVerdon has nailed another one
—— BooklistThis thriller flows at a tremendous speed, the gripping subject matter making for compulsive reading
—— North East LifestyleThe Doll Princess is a very assured and well written debut, fitting neatly into the urban noir category, with an appropriately ambiguous hero/anti-hero in Bane
—— Laura Root , EurocrimeThe Doll Princess is a crime novel unlike any other; the voices of real people can be heard throughout its pages.
—— We Love This BookThe Doll Princess carries the unmistakably pungent air...of deftly invoked squalor and menace, and is an impressive genre effort
—— Lee Monks , Chimp MagazineTom Benn's debut novel is a long overdue good thing in many senses... and there is much to recommend, not least Benn's sturdy grip on vernacular... What's more , he's a good writter of action - a scene in the top room of a nightclub on Deansgate early in the novel is particularly good
—— BookmunchThe Doll Princess is a promising, foul-mouthed debut in which gangsters and good guys fight for supremacy in a Manchester that resembles a war zone
—— Julia Handford , Seven (Supplement to Sunday Telegraph)immerse yourself in the language and the rhythm of the narrative and you're in for a fast and consuming ride through dark territory
—— Keith Walters , Booksandwritersa crime novel unlike any other; the voices of real people can be heard throughout its pages
—— Kathryn Flagner , We love this book
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