{"product_id":"turf-wars-9780857059680","title":"Turf Wars","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA second blistering crime novel set in France''s most notorious  suburb, by a police officer turned million-copy bestseller and key  writer on \u003ci\u003eSpiral\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHits the ground running and never lets up . . . This  impressive debut is slick, sick and not for the faint-hearted . .  . It will make you cry out (for more) - Mark  Sanderson, \u003ci\u003eThe Times \u003c\/i\u003eon \u003ci\u003eThe Lost and the Damned\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe summary execution of three dealers - one murdered in full view of a police surveillance team - is the signal for hell to be unleashed in France''s most notorious suburb. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNow there''s a new kingpin in charge, using his ruthless teenage enforcer to assert an iron grip on his territory. And the local mayor, no stranger to the criminal underworld, is willing to make a pact with the devil if it will secure her a third term.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEnter Capitaine Coste and his team, ready to break the rules to prevent the drugs squad from throwing an elderly stash-minder to the l\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFans of the French TV series \u003ci\u003eSpiral\u003c\/i\u003e (with its unvarnished vision of urban crime) will find Olivier Norek's\u003cb\u003e Turf Wars  \u003c\/b\u003ea pungent addition to his\u003ci\u003e Banlieues Trilogy . . . \u003c\/i\u003eAs bracingly authentic as its predecessor. -- Barry Forshaw * Financial Times *\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFormer cop Olivier Norek was one of the writers on the crime drama \u003ci\u003eSpiral . . . \u003c\/i\u003ethere's no denying the visceral excitement and latent compassion of this\u003ci\u003e policier \u003c\/i\u003epar excellence\u003c\/p\u003e -- Mark Sanderson * The Times *\u003cbr\u003eNorek served in the Seine-Saint-Denis Police Judiciaire for eighteen years and everything he writes is thrilling. This is a prime example of crime fiction as social history, but it is far more gripping - and moving - than any work of history * Literary Review *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrance makes moody crime films and TV, and Norek's latest Euro bestseller sizzles with similar noir atmosphere\u003c\/p\u003e * Peterborough Telegraph *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eDark, gripping and exciting . . . There is not only a great sense of place but also of characterisation\u003c\/p\u003e * Shots Magazine *\u003cbr\u003eYou will have to go a long way to find a better hard-boiled \u003ci\u003epolicier\u003c\/i\u003e * Mark Ripley Books of the Month *","brand":"Quercus Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48737638416727,"sku":"9780857059680","price":9.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780857059680.jpg?v=1723811332","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/turf-wars-9780857059680","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}