Some families are murder . . .
It's not easy being the head of a feared crime dynasty. Donny Apostolis and his family are at war with the powerful Ziyades, determined to stop them muscling in on the Apostolis empire.
Fortunately, Donny has Brodie. Brodie is loyal. He's also Donny's hitman. He does what he's told, which is why he's agreed to take Donny's young nephew with him on his next job. But when Brodie finds his target, he gets a call that changes everything - and his mission takes a startling turn.
Brodie is suddenly one half of an unlikely couple on the run, dragged into a brutal game of survival alongside Karima, the woman he was sent to kill. But can Karima trust him . . . and can Brodie trust her?
Parker Bilal is the pseudonym of Jamal Mahjoub, the critically acclaimed literary novelist. He is the author of the Makana Investigations series, the third of which, The Ghost Runner, was longlisted for the Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award. The Divinities, the first in his Crane and Drake London mystery series, was published in 2019. Born in London, he has lived in a number of places, including the UK, Denmark, Spain and, currently, the Netherlands.
Title: Whitehavens
Author: Bilal, Parker
ISBN: 9780727850393
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Publisher: Canongate Books Ltd
Publication Date: 2021-04-29
Number of Pages: 256
Weight: 0.4401 kg
A sleek thrill ride * Kirkus Reviews *
A gritty London backdrop lends the perfect level of menace to Crane and Drake's gut-wrenching battles with their pasts; another fine display of Bilal's top-notch storytelling
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Booklist on
The Heights *
Bilal's stylishly written second Crane and Drake mystery offers complex portraits of the detective duo
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Kirkus Reviews on
The Heights *
An arresting first chapter . the protagonists' backstories intrigue
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Publishers Weekly on
The Heights *
Bilal tells his story with a ferocious, exhilarating energy, and his characters feel real, not just illustrations of themes *
Daily Telegraph on
The Divinities *
A
tense, yet contemplative, installment in this bar-raising series *
Booklist on
Dark Water *
The relentless pacing and meticulously descriptive prose make this a page-turner *
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Dark Water *