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Book Synopsis***BEST CRIME BOOKS OF THE YEAR - THE TIMES/SUNDAY TIMES***
***CRIME BOOK OF THE MONTH - THE TIMES***
''Brings the obsessional dread of James Ellroy to 1940s London.'' IAN RANKIN
''Extraordinary...a career-defining performance.'' THE SUNDAY TIMES
''This is crime writing of the highest quality'' DAILY MAIL
SOHO, 1935.
SERGEANT LEON GEATS'' PATCH.
A snarling, skull-cracking misanthrope, Geats marshals the grimy rabble according to his own elastic moral code.
The narrow alleys are brimming with jazz bars, bookies, blackshirts, ponces and tarts so when a body is found above the Windmill Club, detectives are content to dismiss the case as just another young woman who topped herself early.
But Geats - a good man prepared to be a bad one if it keeps the worst of them at bay - knows the dark seams of the city.
Working with his former partner, mercenary Flyin
Trade Review
Savage, beautiful, mesmeric. It's impossible not to marvel at the detail, at the sheer richness of each and every scene. Dominic Nolan is a wonderful writer, Vine Street is a very special book. -- CHRIS WHITAKER, author of WE BEGIN AT THE END
Gleefully mixes fact and fiction to revivify history...a career-defining performance * THE TIMES - CRIME BOOK OF THE MONTH *
This is crime writing of the highest quality and deserves to be compared with the unforgettable James Ellroy * DAILY MAIL *
A tour de force. A brilliant marriage of tension and rich detail -- HARRIET TYCE
An epic, brutal, blockbuster of a crime novel. It's the best film noir you've never seen complete with a love story that might just rip your heart out -- TREVOR WOOD
An enthralling tale that takes you into the seamy heart of Soho's past. Written in Nolan's visceral, muscular prose, it is a joy to read -- LESLEY KARA
A rich, ambitious, masterpiece of a crime novel -- OLIVIA KIERNAN
Poetic and tragic...but also vibrant, with a great depth of world and character -- JAMES DELARGY
Wow! This is a crime thriller with an epic feel . . . Gritty, brutual, "real", the writing is electric * Sun *
