William Landay is the author of the highly acclaimed Mission Flats, which was awarded the John Creasey Memorial Dagger for best debut crime novel of 2003. A graduate of Yale University and Boston College Law School, he was an assistant district attorney before turning to writing. He lives in Boston, where he is at work on his next novel.
A gripping, grown-up tale, punctuated by shocks, that leads to a shattering conclusion. * Evening Standard * Landay's depiction of a turbulent period makes compulsive reading. * Seven, Sunday Telegraph * A dense and satisfying novel of crime and retribution. * Independent on Sunday * (A) marvellous novel ... a delicate portrayal of fatally compromised lives in a compromised city. * Telegraph * A meaty, ambitious book, made all the more powerful by an author unafraid to tackle the complexities of moral ambiguity. * The Guardian *