Sam Dean Thriller #02: The Late Candidate

Sam Dean Thriller #02: The Late Candidate
Mike Phillips
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h198 x 129mm - 288pg
29 Sep 2022 UK
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9780008542030
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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.

#01: Blood Rights
#02: Late Candidate, The
#03: Point of Darkness
#04: An Image to Die For

' 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 WeeklyPraise 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
Mike Phillips was born in Guyana, came to Britain as a child and grew up in London. A journalist, broadcaster and university lecturer before becoming a full time writer, his series of crime fiction novels began with ' Blood Rights' (1989), adapted for BBC television, and his reputation as a historian was established with ' Windrush: The Irresistible Rise of Multi-Racial Britain' (1998). Mike writes for the Guardian, and works as Cross Cultural curator at Tate Britain.
Status: Active
ISBN-13: 9780008542030
Published: 29 Sep 2022
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: HarperCollins Publishers
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Format: Paperback
Height: 198mm
Width: 129mm
Spine: 17mm
Weight: 190g
Pages: 288

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