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Nick Triplow is the writer of crime thriller Never Walk Away and south London noir, Frank’s Wild Years. His acclaimed biography of crime fiction pioneer, Ted Lewis, Getting Carter: Ted Lewis and the Birth of Brit Noir, was longlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction and HRF Keating Award. Nick is also the author of the social history books, Pattie Slappers, Distant Water, and The Women They Left Behind. Originally from London, he lives in Barton-upon-Humber and is co-founder of Hull Noir Crime Fiction Festival.
It’s 2011 and Detective Sergeant Max Lomax is reluctantly drawn out of the back office of Special Operations to investigate the death of a campaigning lawyer.
As DS Max Lomax digs into the death of a senior civil servant, he is forced to turn to the people he once infiltrated and betrayed for help.
The story of Ted Lewis carries historical and cultural resonances for our own troubled times Get Carter are two words to bring a smile of fond recollection to all British film lovers of a certain age. The cinema classic was based on a book called Jack’s Return Home, and many commentators agree…