{"product_id":"vine-street-9781472288868","title":"Vine Street","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e***BEST CRIME BOOKS OF THE YEAR - THE TIMES\/SUNDAY TIMES***\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e***CRIME BOOK OF THE MONTH - THE TIMES***\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Brings the obsessional dread of James Ellroy to 1940s London.'' IAN RANKIN\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Extraordinary...a career-defining performance.'' THE SUNDAY TIMES\u003cbr\u003e''This is crime writing of the highest quality'' DAILY MAIL\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSOHO, 1935.\u003cbr\u003eSERGEANT LEON GEATS'' PATCH.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA snarling, skull-cracking misanthrope, Geats marshals the grimy rabble according to his own elastic moral code.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWorking with his former partner, mercenary Flyin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSavage, 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\u003cbr\u003eGleefully mixes fact and fiction to revivify history...a career-defining performance * THE TIMES - CRIME BOOK OF THE MONTH *\u003cbr\u003eThis is crime writing of the highest quality and deserves to be compared with the unforgettable James Ellroy * DAILY MAIL *\u003cbr\u003eA tour de force. A brilliant marriage of tension and rich detail -- HARRIET TYCE\u003cbr\u003eAn 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\u003cbr\u003eAn 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\u003cbr\u003eA rich, ambitious, masterpiece of a crime novel -- OLIVIA KIERNAN\u003cbr\u003ePoetic and tragic...but also vibrant, with a great depth of world and character -- JAMES DELARGY\u003cbr\u003eWow! This is a crime thriller with an epic feel . . . Gritty, brutual, \"real\", the writing is electric * Sun *\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Headline Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48739461202263,"sku":"9781472288868","price":11.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781472288868.jpg?v=1720052312","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/vine-street-9781472288868","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}