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Mike Phillips is the author of several books and screenplays as well as his award-winning Sam Dean novels, published by HarperCollins. In 1997 he was Writer in Residence at London’s South Bank Centre.
<p>‘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.’ <strong>Publishers Weekly</strong></p>
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<p>‘Could have come from the pen of the master, Raymond Chandler’ <strong><em>Today</em></strong></p>
<p>‘Mr Phillips delivers quality’ <strong><em>The Times</em></strong></p>
<p>‘Engaging pacy thriller… Phillips’ prose in concise, witty and fluid’ <strong><em>TLS</em></strong></p>
<p>‘Phillips… gives a mean streetwise documentary edge to his hero’s hunt for a witness’ <strong><em>Sunday Express</em></strong></p>
<p>‘There’s much here to suggest that Phillips could be one of our bravest, most incisive social commentators’ <em><strong>Mail on Sunday</strong></em></p>
<p>‘Phillips’ depictions of urban London share more with Harlem and Los Angeles than the English drawing rooms of P.D. James and Ruth Rendell’ <strong><em>Financial Times</em></strong></p>
<p>‘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’ <strong><em>Publishers Weekly</em></strong></p>
A gripping, tense thriller guaranteed to keep you up all night…
In 1980s London, Black political leaders who can straddle the racial divide are a rarity.
So when a rising Black politician, Aston Edwards, is murdered, the effects quickly ripple through London’s Afro-Caribbean community.
Then a young Black boy is arrested for his murder, surrounded by rumours of an affair with Aston’s wife.
Sammy Dean, journalist-turned-investigator, is determined to find the truth. When a Black activist’s death is written off as a suicide, Sam begins to think the two cases are linked. With tensions running high, can Sam find the truth before the city erupts?
The Late Candidate is a gritty and authentic representation of London’s multi-cultural history, wrapped up in a tense thriller.
The second thriller in the Sam Dean series, a gripping crime thriller mystery for 2022
Competition: Razorblade Tears;Yardie;These Toxic Things;Open Water;Heaven My Home;Light Seekers;Nightcrawling. S.A. Cosby; Ruth Rendell;Walter Mosley;Abir Mukherjee;Imran Mahmood;Nadine Matheson;Chester Himes;Attica Locke;Dorothy Koomson;Lauren Wilkinson;Rachel Howzell Hall,
Produktdetaljer
Om bidragsyterne
Mike Phillips is the author of several books and screenplays as well as his award-winning Sam Dean novels, published by HarperCollins. In 1997 he was Writer in Residence at London’s South Bank Centre.