Arab Jazz

A brilliant debut -- Robin Yassin-Kassab * Guardian *
Exciting, informative, stimulating, and a little frightening -- Marcel Berlins * The Times *
Not to be missed -- David Platzer * The Tablet *
Miske's imaginative geography lies somewhere between the fantasy Belleville of Daniel Pennac..., the strange world of Fred Vargas, and the amoral fantastic of the television series Breaking Bad -- Ruth Morse * Times Literary Supplement *
Remarkable . . . a debut of notable assurance . . . Proof that French crime fiction is jostling its way to the top of the noir tree -- Barry Forshaw * Independent *
A brazenly political crime novel for our times, it tackles hard-hitting and topical themes of religious fundamentalism, drugs and urban alienation. With a gift for setting, Miske's narrative twists through the mosques, prayer rooms and synagogues, where street preachers hustle for power, vendors ply their trade and a male and female detective duo are determined to unveil the mystery. * The Lady *
Fascinating police procedural that takes on a new dimension after the Charlie Hebdo massacre * The Sun *
A poetic take on the traditional noir thriller -- Natalie Bowen * Scotsman *