Patrick Neate is the author of three previous novels- Musungu Jim and the Great Chief Tuloko, which won a Betty Trask Award, Twelve Bar Blues, which won the 2001 Whitbread Novel of the Year Award, and The London Pigeon Wars. His last book was Where You're At- Notes from the Frontline of a Hip Hop Planet, an exploration of the global proliferation and appropriation of hip hop. He lives in London some of the time.
Cool, slick and funny ... a delightfully mischievous tweaking of the downbeat, hungover gumshoe. Terrific Independent A rollicking detective story ... keeps you guessing until the last page Red A rare treat in a thriller ... A surprisingly touching book that demands at least one sequel Daily Express In getting to the heart of the tensions that run through London's streets, City of Tiny Lights reimagines the modern city afresh Metro A spry, ambitious thriller Time Out Neate's books have a sparky loquacity that is funny and inventive New Statesman