“A whiplash plot combined with contemporary issues results in that rarest of feats: a blockbuster with soul.” Cathi Unsworth, The Guardian

“The book ends with a real punch of a cliffhanger…ensuring that readers will want to return for the next instalment.” EuroCrime

“Waites’ novel is rich in quirky characterisation, using popular culture to breathe life into his antiquated archetypes in a simplistic yet effective fashion…a highly entertaining, shamefully addictive read.” The Crack

“A grisly crime thriller in which Waites’s no-nonsense cop, Joe Donovan, investigates hookers, gangsters and corpses with sewn-up mouths. Granny wouldn’t be impressed. We are.” Maxim