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''Brings the obsessional dread of James Ellroy to 1940s London.'' IAN RANKIN
''Extraordinary...a career-defining performance.'' THE SUNDAY TIMES
''This is crime writing of the highest quality'' DAILY MAIL
SOHO, 1935.
SERGEANT LEON GEATS'' PATCH.
A snarling, skull-cracking misanthrope, Geats marshals the grimy rabble according to his own elastic moral code.
The 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.
But 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.
Working with his former partner, mercenary Flying S
