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The House of Fame

A Nick Belsey Novel (Book 3)

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What to expect

'Mazy, pacy London noir' Ian Rankin

Ten days after the station closed, he was informed he'd been officially suspended pending a hearing over allegations of gross misconduct. No details. A few hours after that, he got a call from a man who wouldn't give his name but told him he was under surveillance...They were bracing themselves for a shit-storm. Stay safe, the caller said, and hung up.

Amber Knight is hot property - pop star, film star, front-page gossip.

DC Nick Belsey is less celebrated. He can't shake his habit of getting into serious trouble and his career at Hampstead CID is coming to a dishonourable end. He is currently of no fixed address - squatting in a disused police station round the corner from Amber's swanky Primrose Hill mansion.

But a knock on the door from a frantic and confused woman looking for her missing son is about to lead Belsey straight into the heart of Amber's glittering life. When a body is found and a twisted crime spree ensues, Belsey finds himself dangerously embroiled in a world of celebrity, obsession, glamour and desperation.

Praise for The House of Fame

'Harris has a terrific sense of place, hurtling between the wealthiest and most-run-down areas of London... The plot unfolds in a chilling and totally unexpected direction' Sunday Times

'A fast-paced thriller that is also nuanced and evocative...hats off to Harris, who has, once again, managed it with style and authority' Guardian

'Gripping, and Oliver Harris is punchy and perceptive' The Times

Critics Review

Harris has a terrific sense of place, hurtling between the wealthiest and most-run-down areas of London... The plot unfolds in a chilling and totally unexpected direction
Joan Smith, Sunday Times
A fast-paced thriller that is also nuanced and evocative...hats off to Harris, who has, once again, managed it with style and authority
Guardian
Non-stop activity is exhaustingly gripping, and Oliver Harris is punchy and perceptive
The Times
Meticulously plotted, with a delirious, haunted, paranoid atmosphere. Belsey is an irresistible mixture of the reliable and the reckless, laconic and tightly wound... Harris writes beautifully... Imbued with an uncommon subtlety and intelligence, House of Fame is a superb novel
Irish Times
Author Oliver Harris
Narrator Toby Longworth
Series A Nick Belsey Novel
Duration 8 hours and 21 minutes
Release Date
ISBN 9781405549387
Format Audiobook
Publisher Little, Brown Book Group
Genre Crime and mystery fiction, Fiction: general and literary, Modern and contemporary fiction, Thriller / suspense fiction
Availability AU, GB, IE

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