The Aristocracy by Patrick Worrall

The Aristocracy by Patrick Worrall

A gritty thriller taking one investigator into the dark underbelly of organised crime in the heart of his hometown, perfect for fans of Mick Herron and Ian Rankin.

'This is a brutal, propulsive and very hard-boiled thriller that’s Worrall’s best book yet' Sun
'Blends literary flair with Mick Herron’s knack for blindsiding the reader' The Times
'Another winner by a rising star of British espionage fiction' Telegraph
'An absorbing mixture of crime thriller and spy story' Daily Mail
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The Times Book of the Month

"What you've got to understand is that men like him are the aristocracy in here. The armed robbers and contract killers. They're a breed apart."

Darren Sinfield, the most notorious inmate at Lower Marston maximum-security prison, has gone over the wall and is thought to be holed up in nearby Avonford, a decaying town with a squalid underbelly.

The intelligence officer tasked with hunting him down, Declan Rennard, was an Avonford man himself back in the day. He used to know where the bodies are buried. Now he’s in danger of becoming one of them.

To catch a criminal, Dec must enter his own dark history to engage in a twisted game of cat and mouse with a man who plays it better than anyone. But unearthing the past will lead him into some dangerous places - the brutal world of organised crime, the dirty secrets of the security establishment and all the stories Britain would rather forget...

Patrick Worrall was educated at a comprehensive school in Worcestershire and King’s College, Cambridge. He has worked as a teacher in eastern Europe and Asia, a newspaper journalist, a court reporter at the Old Bailey, and the head of the Channel 4 News FactCheck blog. His first novel, The Partisan, was inspired by a World War Two photograph of three young female freedom fighters he saw in a museum in Kaunas, Lithuania. The Exile, his second novel, is a prequel to The Partisan. The Aristocracy is his third novel.

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ISBN 13	9781787637221
ISBN 10	1787637220
Title	The Aristocracy
Author	Worrall Patrick
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Bantam (Transworld)
Year published	2026-02-12
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.