The Trenches

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Parker Bilal has his finger on the racing pulse of London, a multicultural nexus of organised crime and terrorism whether you're in a swanky penthouse or on a sink estate. The miasma of corruption is inescapable; bile and rage make the prose sting. A senior cop remarks: 'It's a f***ed up world whichever way you look at it.' That's why we need and read excellent crime fiction like this -- Mark Sanderson * * The Times * * Praise for The Heights: Inventive and original . . . The Heights is a complex and satisfying mystery involving finance, gangland, trafficking and prostitution. A layered, no nonsense thriller that is intriguing and exciting * * NB Magazine * * Praise for The Divinities: Terrific crime fiction rooted in geopolitics * * Sunday Times * * Bilal tells the story with ferocious, exhilarating energy . . . essential reading * * Daily Telegraph * * A firecracker of a novel that delves deep into the rot infecting both politics and big business -- ERIC VAN LUSTBADER, author of The Bourne Legacy Told with a delicate elegance . . . It promises to be a fine series * * Daily Mail * * A brilliantly-written London Noir from a master of the crime genre -- MASON CROSS, author of Presumed Dead A fresh and vivid portrait of a city that is less melting pot than explosive pressure cooker * * Guardian * * A razor-sharp reimagining of hard-boiled crime fiction transposed to a noirish London. With themes of power, violence and betrayal, The Trenches is smart, complex and that rarest of things: utterly original -- KIA ABDULLAH