
Turf Wars by Olivier Norek
A second blistering crime novel set in France's most notorious suburb, by a police officer turned million-copy bestseller and key writer on Spiral
Fans of the French TV series Spiral (with its unvarnished vision of urban crime) will find Olivier Norek's Turf Wars a pungent addition to his Banlieues Trilogy. . As bracingly authentic as its predecessor. -- Barry Forshaw * Financial Times *
Norek served in the Seine-Saint-Denis Police Judiciaire for eighteen years and everything he writes is thrilling. This is a prime example of crime fiction as social history, but it is far more gripping - and moving - than any work of history * Literary Review *
You will have to go a long way to find a better hard-boiled policier * Mark Ripley Books of the Month *
Former cop Olivier Norek was one of the writers on the crime drama Spiral . . . there's no denying the visceral excitement and latent compassion of this policier par excellence
-- Mark Sanderson * The Times *Norek served in the Seine-Saint-Denis Police Judiciaire for eighteen years and everything he writes is thrilling. This is a prime example of crime fiction as social history, but it is far more gripping - and moving - than any work of history * Literary Review *
France makes moody crime films and TV, and Norek's latest Euro bestseller sizzles with similar noir atmosphere
* Peterborough Telegraph *Dark, gripping and exciting . . . There is not only a great sense of place but also of characterisation
* Shots Magazine *You will have to go a long way to find a better hard-boiled policier * Mark Ripley Books of the Month *
Olivier Norek served as a humanitarian aid worker in the former Yugoslavia, before embarking on a eighteen-year career in the French police, rising to the rank of capitaine in the Seine-Saint-Denis Police Judiciare. He has written six crime novels, which have sold a million copies in France and won a dozen literary prizes.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780857059666 |
| ISBN 10 | 0857059661 |
| Title | Turf Wars |
| Author | Olivier Norek |
| Series | The Banlieues Trilogy |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Quercus Publishing |
| Year published | 2021-11-11 |
| Number of pages | 336 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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