Simon Kernick's The Business of Dying, The Murder Exchange, and The Crime Trade have all won him popular and critical acclaim. He was recently shortlisted for the CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger for best British thriller of 2005. He lives with his wife and two children near London, England.
"I love this book...it blasts through the London underworld like a cigarette boat on the Thames." --Lee Child, bestselling author of Persuader "Murderous thugs, heartless babes, bent cops, sex, sadism...compulsively readable." --Kirkus Reviews (starred review) "Manages to adhere to the best fair-play traditions of classic murder mysteries while spinning a highly untraditional tale." --Publishers Weekly "Taut, gripping, disturbing---a most assured and original debut." --Reginald Hill, author of Dialogues of the Dead "Impressive...Nicely plotted and briskly paced, with a voice not unlike James M. Cain's in Double Indemnity." --Kirkus Reviews "British author Kernick shows every sign of being a major talent.... Powerful prose, tight plotting, and a clever fair-play puzzle add up to a remarkable first effort." --Publishers Weekly
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