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The Riot

DI Stratton 5

Laura Wilson author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Quercus Publishing

Published:30th Jan '14

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1958: Notting Hill is sweltering in a heatwave. It's DI Stratton's new manor and a powder keg of racial tension. A rent collector is stabbed and a series of street fights between teddy boys and Caribbean immigrants sparks further unrest. Young runaway Irene, on the verge of prostitution, finds her loyalties lie on both sides of the fight. A race riot breaks out - the worst Britain has ever seen. Stratton must tread a path through the violence and prejudice to find the killer and save Irene before Notting Hill explodes.

'A crime narrative of great authority ... extremely evocative' Financial Times. * Financial Times *
'The tang of Wilson's period detail pops off the page ... a richly imagined, compassionate story' Metro. * Metro *

ISBN: 9781782063087

Dimensions: 198mm x 133mm x 30mm

Weight: 342g

368 pages