Author:Alex Garland
In less than an hour, Sean has a meeting with a mestizo gangster. On the other side of town, Rosa listens for her husband’s car, and thirteen-year-old Vincente is watching for the man who pays money for street-kids’ dreams. Tonight, these disparate lives will violently collide . . .
Astonishing . . . A brilliantly structured, surprisingly compassionate novel, disguised as an exotic, speedy thriller
—— Mail on SundayProves defiantly that Garland is far from a one-hit wonder
—— Time OutA powerful narrative drive, exotic locations that unfold like a corrupt and mysterious flower, and a moody intelligence that holds everything together
—— J.G. BallardThe seventh in the popular Woman's Murder Club series, this crime drama races along in short, action-packed chapters
—— My WeeklyI stayed up so late finishing it I got a migraine. But it was worth it!
—— York Evening PressPatterson's Boxers are not pants.
—— Bournemouth EchoThe novel is, like the nameless killer's victims, well executed. And like the killer himself, fiendishly twisted. A real page turner
—— BooklistSavvy and sharp ... as well-written a thriller as The Silence of the Lambs ... A winner
—— Nelson DeMilleWith this novel, Montanari's reputation is set in stone - or written in blood - alongside the likes of Connelly, Slaughter and Ellroy
—— Crime Time MagazineThis is a story not for people who like reading novels but for the much larger number who like solving puzzles
—— Sunday TelegraphBruen's tightly coiled prose strikes like a piss-soaked rattler.
—— CapitalSharp, punch and unsettling, Priest is a masterpiece.
—— Peterborough Evening Telegraph... An intensely dark maelstrom ... excellent.
—— www.marymartin.com.auBruen should be valued as one of the most challenging and memorable writers in the genre at the moment.
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