- Hardcover: 320 pages
- Publisher: Isis; Large type edition edition (October 2010)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0753187027
- ISBN-13: 978-0753187029
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'Snow Hill is a dashing and compelling addition to the distinguished file of the London crime and punishment novel' Melvyn Bragg 'Powerfully atmospheric. A compelling journey into the dark heart of the Square Mile' Jake Arnott 'Both emotionally believable and intriguing!undeniable page-turning appeal' Financial Times 'A terrific plot' Guardian 'Thoroughly entertaining' Daily Mirror 'A pungent evocation of time and place ! London of the 1930s is conjured with immense skill' Independent 'The period atmosphere is vividly and convincingly portrayed ! a very good read' Literary Review 'Sanderson relishes the louche and smoky milieu where police and press rub shoulders with sexual adventurers and criminals, and he describes it with considerable verve.' Spectator 'A stunningly clever debut ! In a brilliant plot, incredibly paced and acutely narrated, Sanderson hints wryly that there's never been such a thing as a "straight" policeman' Ben Summerskill, Chief Executive of Stonewall
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An atmospheric crime novel set in 1930s London where the mysterious death of a policeman exposes a wider wrold of vice and corruption. "Friday, 18 December, 1936. I went to my funeral this morning!" So begins the diary of John Steadman, an ambitious young journalist in London. When he gets a tip-off about a murdered policeman, he thinks he's found his scoop. Trouble is, no-one else seems to know anything about it! or they're not telling. Then John finds someone willing to talk. At least, someone who was. Now they're hanging from a meat hook in a refrigerated locker and John's on the verge of a front-page scandal that will make or break his career. But to get to the heart of this dark story, he must first go undercover. Six feet undercover, to be precise! Based on a shocking true story, Snow Hill vividly brings to life a London you never knew about -- an underworld that doesn't officially exist and until now has never been documented.
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A thoroughly nasty book, Mar 22 2011
By Bob - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Snow Hill (Paperback)
This is set in London and not Birmingham as I originally thought! The book is a sordid little tale which should really come with an over-18s only warning. In places the descriptions are gratuitously graphic and I was left with a bad taste in my mouth by the end.The premise initially seemed promising and there were some reasonable ideas in the book but it was poorly executed with two-dimensional characters and lazy authorship.
If I could give this no stars, I would, and would actively avoid anything else by the same author. It's one of the few books I wish I could unread
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