Author:Dermot Healy
Ollie Wing is barely surviving. Back home in Sligo, he collects trolleys in a supermarket car park and lives in a run-down house with a group of art students. He can't escape what has happened in London and is tormented by old fears and regrets. Finally, he decides to confront his demons.
I love this book! It's hard, fast and tight and blasts through the London underworld like a speed boat on the Thames
—— Lee ChildSimon Kernick writes with his foot pressed hard on the pedal. Hang on tight!
—— Harlan CobenThe next time I see Simon Kernick's name on a book I will pick it up. Brilliant!
—— Richard MadeleyKernick generates a potent cocktail of thrills that makes contemporary London feel like Dodge City. A knucklehead ride
—— GuardianSimon Kernick writes great plots, great characters, great action
—— Lee ChildSimon Kernick uses every trick in the book to keep the action breakneck
—— Time OutTwists and turns you never see coming... I am but one of a steadily growing group of loyal fans
—— KARIN SLAUGHTERLiza Marklund is in a league of her own
—— HENNING MANKELLPlenty of politics, high and low and the portrayal of college life and vicious, teeming with sycophants and thick with double dealing
—— GuardianPears brings to life a vibrant 17th-century world...a tour de force
—— Daily TelegraphCrammed with period detail, it's as much a novel of ideas as it is of character
—— Val McDermid , The Week