Description: The first in a series of gritty and original thrillers following cunning detective Nick Belsey, from a rising voice in British crime fiction.
Brief description:
Oliver Harris has an MA in creative writing from the University of East Anglia, in addition to degrees in English and Shakespeare studies, and recently received his PhD. His first novel, The Hollow Man, launched the Detective Nick Belsey series. He also reviews for the Times Literary Supplement. He lives in London.
Review Quotes:
"Debut author Harris maintains the tension and suspense from the first sentence to the last. His antihero is engaging, and readers will be rooting for him all the way to the final plot twist." - Library Journal
"A knockout debut novel." - Charlotte Observer
"He's got to be London's coolest cop. . . . [A] richly plotted and unusual detective series. . . . It's heady stuff." - Daily Mail (London)
"You'll have a whale of a time." - The Guardian
"A twisting spiral of lies and corruption, a pitch-perfect portrait of contemporary London and a beguiling bastard of a hero--what a recipe for a great read." - Val McDermid
"This is an astonishingly good first novel. Its plot is original, its dialogue lively, and in DC Belsey--the man who can't make up his mind whether he's a corrupt slacker or a dedicated detective and seems cursed to be both at once--it has a protagonist who truly stands out from the crowd." - Morning Star
"Searing. . . . Readers should be prepared for a mind-bending resolution that hurtles down as remorselessly as an avalanche." - Publishers Weekly (starred review)
"The narrative is buoyed by good writing and piercing insights. . . . And is our heel-hero really a study in conflict or a have-it-both-ways fraud, true blue under a raffish surface? That's the real puzzle, and one thoughtful readers will relish." - Booklist