The Killing Pool
Published on 28. August 2014
Book
Paperback/Softback
320 pages
978-0-09-947026-7 (ISBN)
Description
THE GRIPPING FIRST DCI BILLY McCARTNEY THRILLER
DCI Billy McCartney discovers the body of a key informant near Liverpool Docks - a killer setback as he closes the net on a major drug smuggling scheme.
McCartney's investigation into the murder peels back layer after layer of a decades-long dynasty of heroin trafficking - but Billy has a secret, and each revelation takes him back to an unsolved crime that he cannot leave behind.
If he is to catch the men responsible and end a lifetime's torment, he must act fast...
Praise for the DCI Billy McCartney series:
`Pace and tension in spades...'
Irish Times
`Ferociously compelling'
Reader's Digest
`Violent and earthy, reflecting its inner-city locale. And did I mention the killer ending? Marvellous'
Raven Crime Reads
`A punched-in-the-solar-plexus feeling occurs as this novel's final, gobsmacking twist is revealed. Without a doubt my crime novel of the year'
CrimeFictionLover
`The final few paragraphs are as magnificent as they are unexpected. You will put this book down with a sense of dizzy wonder'
Sachin Nakrani
DCI Billy McCartney discovers the body of a key informant near Liverpool Docks - a killer setback as he closes the net on a major drug smuggling scheme.
McCartney's investigation into the murder peels back layer after layer of a decades-long dynasty of heroin trafficking - but Billy has a secret, and each revelation takes him back to an unsolved crime that he cannot leave behind.
If he is to catch the men responsible and end a lifetime's torment, he must act fast...
Praise for the DCI Billy McCartney series:
`Pace and tension in spades...'
Irish Times
`Ferociously compelling'
Reader's Digest
`Violent and earthy, reflecting its inner-city locale. And did I mention the killer ending? Marvellous'
Raven Crime Reads
`A punched-in-the-solar-plexus feeling occurs as this novel's final, gobsmacking twist is revealed. Without a doubt my crime novel of the year'
CrimeFictionLover
`The final few paragraphs are as magnificent as they are unexpected. You will put this book down with a sense of dizzy wonder'
Sachin Nakrani
Reviews / Votes
"Kevin Sampson's astringent novels takes us to mean streets of Liverpool; his language has all the demented idiosyncrasy of Elmore Leonard, with the interlacing of cut-throat humour barely undercutting the omnipresent menace. Things have changed since Raymond Chandler's day -- now British crime writers are quite as tough as the Yanks." -- Barry Forshaw * Independent * "This is tough and uncompromising stuff which may not be one for the faint hearted, but if you like your crime fiction with killer twists and shout aloud reveals, then The Killing Pool is just the book for you. DeathBecomesHer chose this without hesitation as her crime novel of the year 2013." * CrimeFictionLover * "Atmospheric thriller... Sampson is adept at keeping [the character's] voices distinct throughout a pacy novel, with its complicated plot that is tense from beginning to end." * Liverpool Post * "The final few paragraphs are as magnificent as they are unexpected. You will put this book down with a sense of dizzy wonder" -- Sachin Nakrani "A ferociously compelling slice of Scouse Noir." -- James Walton * Reader's Digest *More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Vintage Publishing
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 129 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
235 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-09-947026-7 (9780099470267)
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Person
Kevin Sampson is the author of eight novels, as well as Extra Time, his account of a season in the life of a Liverpool FC fanatic, and the moving narrative of the Hillsborough tragedy, Hillsborough Voices. He has also contributed to football anthologies, including Here We Go Gathering Cups in May and Redmen, which he also edited.
Kevin is a regular contributor to the Guardian, Observer and the award-winning LFC podcast, The Anfield Wrap. He lives on Merseyside where he is a long-term supporter of CALM, a charity specialising in the mental health needs of young males.
You can find him at @ksampsonwriter on Twitter.
Kevin is a regular contributor to the Guardian, Observer and the award-winning LFC podcast, The Anfield Wrap. He lives on Merseyside where he is a long-term supporter of CALM, a charity specialising in the mental health needs of young males.
You can find him at @ksampsonwriter on Twitter.