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Blood Rights
Sam Dean Thriller (Related to this series)
- Author
- Mike Phillips
- Narrator
- Ben Onwukwe
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Publish Date
- 29 September 2022
- Run Time
- 7 hours 31 minutes
- Format
- x-book®
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What to expect
In the 1980s, London is a melting pot of cultures, but race and class create sharp divisions.
Black British journalist Sam Dean looks for stories, not missing persons.
When and old friend asks for help tracking down a White Conservative MP’s daughter, he feels he can’t say no. Virginia’s disappearance is tangled with the fate of Roy, a young mixed-race boy who reminds Sam of his own son, and Sam becomes determined to find the truth.
A trail of secrets leads Sam into backstreets of Black British culture, to the crossroads of race and class where you’ll find seedy walk-up flats, betting parlors, and smoky nightclubs.
London’s answer to S.A. Cosby, Blood Rights is a riveting time capsule of London’s multi-cultural history wrapped up in a tense thriller.
Critics Review
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‘In this top-notch first novel… The plot is hard-boiled, the mystery unfolding gradually rather than presenting itself full blown for solution. Phillips's dialogue and his protagonist's voice-over ruminations on everything from racial disharmony to foolishness on TV are spot-on, adding to the pleasure a fresh, transatlantic sensibility and inflection.’ Publishers Weekly
Praise for Mike Phillips
‘Could have come from the pen of the master, Raymond Chandler’ Today‘Mr Phillips delivers quality’ The Times
‘Engaging pacy thriller… Phillips’ prose in concise, witty and fluid’ TLS
‘Phillips… gives a mean streetwise documentary edge to his hero’s hunt for a witness’ Sunday Express
‘There’s much here to suggest that Phillips could be one of our bravest, most incisive social commentators’ Mail on Sunday
‘Phillips’ depictions of urban London share more with Harlem and Los Angeles than the English drawing rooms of P.D. James and Ruth Rendell’ Financial Times
‘American readers willing to wonder a bit about unfamiliar London landmarks and neighbourhoods will be rewarded by Phillips's subtle psychological complexities and deadpan ironies’ Publishers Weekly
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Details
- Author
- Mike Phillips
- Narrator
- Ben Onwukwe
- Duration
- 7 hours 31 minutes
- Release Date
- 29 September 2022
- ISBN
- 9780008542023
- Format
- x-book®
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Genre
- Crime and / or mystery fiction, Classic crime and mystery fiction, Crime and mystery: private investigator / amateur detectives, Crime and mystery: hard-boiled crime, noir fiction, Thriller / suspense fiction
Synopsis
In the 1980s, London is a melting pot of cultures, but race and class create sharp divisions. Black British journalist Sam Dean looks for stories, not missing persons. When and old friend asks for help tracking down a White Conservative MP’s daughter, he feels he can’t say no. Virginia’s disappearance is tangled with the fate of Roy, a young mixed-race boy who reminds Sam of his own son, and Sam becomes determined to find the truth. A trail of secrets leads Sam into backstreets of Black British culture, to the crossroads of race and class where you’ll find seedy walk-up flats, betting parlors, and smoky nightclubs. London’s answer to S.A. Cosby, Blood Rights is a riveting time capsule of London’s multi-cultural history wrapped up in a tense thriller.
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