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The Riot
Laura Wilson
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Description for The Riot
Paperback. In the heat of summer, 1958, tensions are escalating in DI Stratton's new manor of Notting Hill, as a murder exposes society's divisions. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 29. Weight in Grams: 342.
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.
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.
Product Details
Publisher
Quercus
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Weight
341g
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781782063087
SKU
V9781782063087
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Ref
99-10
About Laura Wilson
Laura Wilson (Author) Laura Wilson was brought up in London and has degrees in English Literature from Somerville College, Oxford and UCL, London. She has worked briefly and ingloriously as a teacher, and more successfully as an editor of non-fiction books. She has written history books for children and is interested in history, particularly of the ... Read more
Reviews for The Riot
'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
Financial Times
'The tang of Wilson's period detail pops off the page ... a richly imagined, compassionate story' Metro.
Metro