The third stunning literary crime novel in the Song Cycle trilogy, from the acclaimed author of Booker-longlisted Peacetime, and The Book of the Heathen.
Hull private investigator Leo Rivers finds himself in a battle to keep tabloid sensationalism out of his quest for the truth behind the savage murder of a young prostitute. Investigating one death in a sequence of similar killings, Rivers is brought into conflict with an ambitious chief-of-police set on as much personal gain as possible from the search for Hull’s first modern serial killer. Set against a backdrop of the Humber river and the gradual destruction of the fishing industry, Rivers is drawn into a world of exploitation, ambition, vanity and violence in this final volume in a trilogy of outstanding contemporary noir.
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Robert Edric’s previous novels include In Desolate Heaven, The Sword Cabinet, The Book of the Heathen, which was shortlisted for the 2001 WH Smith Literary Award, Peacetime, which was longlisted for the Booker Prize, Cradle Song and Siren Song.
“A veritable Stanley Kubrik of the world of fiction . . . Edric makes it impossible for the crime novel to be considered the country cousin of serious literature any longer.’
—The Times
“Highly accomplished . . . Fans can look forward to his usual sharply realised characters operating in a tense, pressured environment.”
—Independent
Praise for Peacetime:
“If other novels deserve this year's Booker Prize more than Peacetime then they must be very remarkable indeed.”
—Spectator
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