Blitz - (Inspector Brant) by Ken Bruen (Paperback)

About the Book

Book Synopsis

Blitz represents Ken Bruen at his edgy, lethal, and sharp-tongued best, and will reward fans of his Jack Taylor novels with another astonishing, smart, and brutal vision from a writer rapidly becoming one of the best of his generation.

The basis for the major motion picture starring Jason Statham, Paddy Considine, and Aidan Gillen.

The South East London police squad are down and out: Detective Sergeant Brant is in hot water for assaulting a police shrink, Chief Inspector Roberts' wife has died in a horrific car accident, and WPC Falls is still figuring out how to navigate her job as a black female investigator in the notorious unit. When a serial killer takes his show on the road, things get worse for all three. Nicknamed "The Blitz" by the rabid London media, the killer is aiming for tabloid immortality by killing cops in different beats around the city.

From the Back Cover

"If you like Ian Rankin, Dennis Lehane, Pelecanos, and the like, Bruen is definitely a writer to reckon with."
--Denver Post

"Bruen is an original, grimly hilarious and gloriously Irish. I await the further adventures of the incorrigible Jack Taylor."
--Patrick Anderson, The Washington Post

Review Quotes

"Intelligent, uncompromising hard-boiled crime." --Publishers Weekly

"Bruen's staccato style ... is all his own." --Kirkus Reviews

"Satisfyingly plotted." --Booklist

About the Author

Ken Bruen spent twenty-five years as an English teacher in Africa, Japan, Southeast Asia, and South America. His first Jack Taylor novel, The Guards, is a finalist of the 2003 Best Novel Edgar Award.