“Peace is a manic James Joyce of the crime novel… invoking the horror of grim lives, grim crimes, and grim times.” – Sleazenation
“[Peace] exposes a side of life which most of us would prefer to ignore.” – Daily Mail
“David Peace is...
“David Peace is the future of crime fiction… A fantastic talent.” – Ian Rankin
“[David Peace is] transforming the genre with passion and style.” – George Pelecanos
“Peace has single-handedly established the genre of Yorkshire Noir,...
“Peace’s policemen rape prostitutes they are meant to be protecting, torture suspects they know cannot be guilty and reap the profits of organized vice. Peace’s powerful novel exposes a side of life which most of us would prefer to ignore.”...
This is the first part of the “Red Riding Quartet”. It”s winter, 1974, and Ed Dunford’s the crime correspondent of the “Evening Post”. He didn’t know that this Christmas was going to be a season in hell. A dead little girl with a...