Christmas bombs and Lucky Lucan on the run, Leeds United and the Bay City Rollers, The Exorcist and It Ain’t Half Hot Mum. Yorkshire, Christmas 1974.
Edward Dunford, North of England Crime Correspondent, has been sent to cover the case of the missing girl Clare Kemplay. He’s convinced she’s been murdered. When the little girl turns up dead in a ditch with swan’s wings stitched into her back, Eddie’s instincts prove right. But standing between him and the truth is a society riddled with corruption and brutality. Getting answers will mean a toss-up between his sanity and his life. Winter 1974’s looking like a real season in hell.
Edward Dunford, North of England Crime Correspondent, has been sent to cover the case of the missing girl Clare Kemplay. He’s convinced she’s been murdered. When the little girl turns up dead in a ditch with swan’s wings stitched into her back, Eddie’s instincts prove right. But standing between him and the truth is a society riddled with corruption and brutality. Getting answers will mean a toss-up between his sanity and his life. Winter 1974’s looking like a real season in hell.
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Put simply, David Peace is a genius. This novel is outstanding … a beautifully written and chilling debut novel that firmly establishes David Peace as a master wordsmith and crime fiction aficionado.' Euro Crime.
Nineteen Seventy Four is raw and furiously alive, the literary equivalent of a hard right to the jaw. David Peace has delivered the finest crime fiction debut of the year and joined a select group of novelists who are transforming the genre with passion and style. - George Pelecanos.
