Vine Street: a rich, ambitious, masterpiece of a crime novel

Savage, beautiful, mesmeric. Vine Street is a very special book. CHRIS WHITAKER, AUTHOR OF WE BEGIN AT THE END\r\n\r\nA tour de force. A brilliant marriage of tension and rich detail. HARRIET TYCE, AUTHOR OF BLOOD ORANGE\r\n\r\nSOHO, 1935.\r\nSERGEANT LEON GEATS PATCH.\r\n\r\nA snarling, skull-cracking misanthrope, Geats marshals the grimy rabble according to his own elastic moral code.\r\n\r\nThe narrow alleys are brimming with jazz bars, bookies, blackshirts, ponces and tarts so when a body is found above the Windmill Club, detectives are content to dismiss the case as just another young woman who topped herself early.\r\n\r\nBut Geats - a good man prepared to be a bad one if it keeps the worst of them at bay - knows the dark seams of the city.\r\n\r\nWorking with his former partner, mercenary Flying Squad sergeant Mark Cassar, Geats obsessively dedicates himself to finding a warped killer - a decision that will reverberate for a lifetime and transform both men in ways they could never expect.\r\n\r\nAn epic, brutal, blockbuster of a crime novel. Its the best film noir youve never seen complete with a love story that might just rip your heart out. TREVOR WOOD\r\n\r\nAn enthralling tale that takes you into the seamy heart of Sohos past. Written in Nolans visceral, muscular prose, it is a joy to read. LESLEY KARA\r\n\r\nA rich, ambitious, masterpiece of a crime novel OLIVIA KIERNAN\r\n\r\nPoetic and tragic...but also vibrant, with a great depth of world and character JAMES DELARGY\r\n\r\nPraise for Dominic Nolan:\r\n\r\nNolan is set to become Britains Michael Connelly Daily Mail\r\n\r\nThis powerhouse novel is not for the fragile-hearted...one hell of a debut Heat\r\n\r\nA smart, distinctive debut Sunday Mirror