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SHORTLISTED FOR THE CWA ILP JOHN CREASEY (NEW BLOOD) DAGGER

‘A truly absorbing novel… legitimately frightening… unusually compelling’ Kevin Brockmeier, author of The Brief History of the Dead

‘Taut and timely’ Alex Scarrow, author of the DCI Boyd thrillers

‘A protagonist you want to root for… a fast-paced mystery Guy Morpuss, author of Five Minds

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DI Lucy Stone’s life was changed forever when terrorists deployed a lethal nerve gas at Waterloo Station, killing 10% of London’s population.

Lucy should have died – but she didn’t.

When London’s most important scientist is brutally murdered, Lucy discovers he may have been working on an antidote to the chemical weapon.

But time is running out.

Will Lucy find the antidote – and catch the killer – before it’s too late?

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‘[A] whirlwind of a read… Terrifyingly imagined… Read if you dare’ Amy Lilwall, author of The Biggerers

‘Gripping, evocative and will keep you guessing’ Press Association

‘Genuinely exciting, page-turning and frighteningly credible’ Business Post

Publisher Review

'London in Black is a truly absorbing novel - an all-day-on-the-couch read if ever there was one. Its vision of the near future is plausible enough to be legitimately frightening... an unusually compelling thriller and will, I hope, be the first of many from him' - Kevin Brockmeier, author of The Brief History of the Dead 'A taut and timely blend of crime and dystopia' - Alex Scarrow, author of the DCI Boyd thrillers ''A skilfully rendered homage to London, with a dystopian police procedural woven in. It's a compelling debut by Jack Lutz, with a protagonist you want to root for, and a fast-paced mystery at its heart. Excellent!'' - Guy Morpuss, author of Five Minds 'Noir meets dystopia in this genre bending, whirlwind of a read. Lutz's terrifying imagined future is startlingly relevant to our own troubled present. Read if you dare' - Amy Lilwall, author of The Biggerers 'This dark dystopian thriller has the makings of being one of the best first novels out this year... powerful and unsettling... has the potential to become a cult classic' - Shots Magazine