CRADLE SONG

A stunning literary crime novel, from the acclaimed author of Peacetime. The first in a trilogy of contemporary crime novels set in the city ofHull, and told in the wry tones of the troubled Private Investigator LeoRivers. Robert Edric's new departure into Noirish fiction is reminiscentof Chandler and Mosley, and yet remains uniquely British. Against thebackdrop of a world of pornography and child murder, this dark and intensenovel reads like a game of chess where every piece is invested with adeceptive significance. Edric's trademarks of vivid characterization anddelicious prose are as seductive as ever.