About the Author

Mark Timlin is the author of more than 30 novels, including All the Empty Places, Answers from the Grave, and Stay Another Day, as well as Gangsters' Wives and Lipstick Killers under the pseudonym Lee Martin. His Nick Sharman novels were made into a television series starring Clive Owen.

Reviews

"Mark Timlin, England's hard-boiled enfant terrible . . . excels with this new effort. . . . An important crime writer who deserves better recognition on this side of the pond." --Mystery Scene

"Narrative rough enough to shed splinters when you turn the pages." --Literary Review

"Often brings to mind Coppola's Godfather movies . . . One of the best London crime books in ages. A writer has come of age." --Guardian