<p>‘In this top-notch first novel… The plot is hard-boiled, the mystery unfolding gradually rather than presenting itself full blown for solution. Phillips's dialogue and his protagonist's voice-over ruminations on everything from racial disharmony to foolishness on TV are spot-on, adding to the pleasure a fresh, transatlantic sensibility and inflection.’ <strong>Publishers Weekly</strong></p> <p> <strong>Praise for Mike Phillips</strong> </p> <p>‘Could have come from the pen of the master, Raymond Chandler’ <strong><em>Today</em></strong></p> <p>‘Mr Phillips delivers quality’ <strong><em>The Times</em></strong></p> <p>‘Engaging pacy thriller… Phillips’ prose in concise, witty and fluid’ <strong><em>TLS</em></strong></p> <p>‘Phillips… gives a mean streetwise documentary edge to his hero’s hunt for a witness’ <strong><em>Sunday Express</em></strong></p> <p>‘There’s much here to suggest that Phillips could be one of our bravest, most incisive social commentators’ <em><strong>Mail on Sunday</strong></em></p> <p>‘Phillips’ depictions of urban London share more with Harlem and Los Angeles than the English drawing rooms of P.D. James and Ruth Rendell’ <strong><em>Financial Times</em></strong></p> <p>‘American readers willing to wonder a bit about unfamiliar London landmarks and neighbourhoods will be rewarded by Phillips's subtle psychological complexities and deadpan ironies’ <strong><em>Publishers Weekly</em></strong></p>