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'Like a darker, grimier version of Mick Herron's Slough House novels, this is a highly promising debut.' Mail on Sunday
'Mesmerising'. The Financial Times
A senior civil servant dies in suspicious circumstances. A sensitive file in his possession and evidence of contact with a human rights lawyer lead the authorities…
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1 author picked Never Walk Away as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
I love crime fiction that explores what James Ellroy so brilliantly called: “the private nightmare of public policy.” This is a perfect example. It’s set in London in 2006, in the wake of the 7/7 bombings, when the British government took an authoritarian turn and sought to introduce ID cards.
Nick Triplow's detective, Mark 'Max' Lomax, is a former member of the Metropolitan Police’s murky Special Demonstration Squad, ostensibly set up to infiltrate ‘subversive’ organizations. Coerced into investigating the death of a senior civil servant, he is forced to rely on the very people whose trust he once betrayed.
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