Product Description

A judge and his wife go away on holiday and lose everything. While they are away their 17-year-old daughter throws a party, it goes out of control, there is a riot and she and her boyfriend are murdered. A massive police investigation, stretching the force's rescources to breaking point, is launched with D/I Faraday in charge. The judge's neighbour who has promised to keep a eye on things while he was away feels he owes the man a debt. And he has his own reputation to think about. He wants the name of the killer. The neighbour? Bazza McKenzie, a man who made his fortune supplying the city with class-A drugs. The man in his organisation charged with getting the job done? Ex D/C Paul Winter. In Graham Hurley's gripping new crime thriller Faraday and Winter are finally on the opposite sides of the law. But they're both after the same thing. Paul Winter is treading his most dangerous line yet.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #60579 in Books
• Published on: 2009-02-19
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 342 pages

Review
'Another gripping chronicle of crime in Portsmouth... A vivid portrait of a decadent society in which even the local criminal thinks crime is out of control' (LITERARY REVIEW )

'Portsmouth has provided rich pickings for this British author with its history and pride... Joe Faraday's ninth outing opens like an episode of Skins but Hurley expands to explore our need to belong.' (ESQUIRE )

'It's a mystery in itself why Hurley is not better known as a crime writer. His Joe Faraday police procedural novels are spot on - well-written and plotted, utterly convincing and really exciting... An excellent and complex crime novel' (DAILY MAIL )

'Faraday's gloom was a nice way to set off the decline of modern Britain, and Portsmouth a perfect petri dish of a setting for Hurley's perceptive eye, sharp ear, and sensitivity to all his characters... To my mind, this is the most undervalued of all the British police series, its arguably the most consistently interesting , and it's certainly as entertaining as any.' (CRIME TIME )

'Hurley never disappoints and here proves his standing as one of the UK's finest crime novelists.' (INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY )

'Gripping' (DEADLY PLEASURES )

'a crime thriller that packs a punch' (WESTERN MORNING NEWS )

'As ever, Hurley's work is disturbing, gripping and committed' (MORNING STAR )

'Another fine Portsmouth thriller' (PETERBOROUGH EVENING TELEGRAPH )

'No Lovelier Death is another gritty and uncompromising slice of urban life from one of the country's finest crime writers' (SHOTS )

'Authentic, nerve-jangling and utterly compeling' (LANCASHIRE EVENING POST )

'A new book from Graham Hurley is a very welcome treat. You'll need to set aside a long weekend to devote to it, though, as it's not a quick, throwaway read... Hurley's world is so real and his creations so vivid that you feel like you'd meet them walking down any street in Portsmouth. And he proves again that he's one of the best crime writers around.' (REVIEWING THE EVIDENCE )

About the Author
Graham Hurley is an award-winning TV documentary maker who now writes full time. He lived in Portsmouth for 20 years. He is married and has grown up children. He now lives in Exmoth, Devon. His sixth Faraday and Winter novel, BLOOD AND HONEY, was shortlisted for the Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award.

Customer Reviews

Fantastic!!
Graham Hurley's Joe Farraday series goes from strength to strength. If you haven't read them, you've missed a real treat. Although this novel is strong enough to stand on its own, my advice is to start with the first one , "Turnstone", and work forward - I'm sure any fan of British crime fiction won't be disappointed.

My favourite character throughout the series has always been (slightly) maverick, and now ex, detective Paul Winter and I'm delighted that the front of this book is headed 'A Faraday and Winter Novel'. Winter features heavily in this book, as does his new boss, the slightly dodgy, Bazza MacKenzie.

It's not giving anything away by saying the story starts with a party gone wild at the house next door to MacKenzie's .... and he's not happy about it!!

A marvellous addition to the series! More please Mr Hurley!!

Brilliant
Throughout the recent years I have appreciated every start of the year as I knew a new Faraday / Winter book would emerge from one of the very best crimewriters - Graham Hurley.

They are all better than good, but surely they are getting better and better and 'No lovelier Death' would deserve a fullblown '10' if possible.
The police procedural stuff is accurate, the characters are all vivid and still developing, the whole environment is thrilling and the whole plot is great.
Super

Keeping the high standard...
Wouldn't it be nice to get all those people who waste money on Ian Rankin books into a room, and not let them out until they'd read this? How shocked would they be that a police procedural could steer clear of clichés, have a proper sense of both place and time, and have not one but two convincing central characters? This series nails the lie of `literary' crime fiction - the likes of Frances Fyfield or Ruth Rendell, who like to imply they write crime thrillers that are `a cut above'. This series is intelligent and cleverly written, but at its heart is a genuine thriller, and not a thriller-esque idea shoehorned into mediocre fiction.

This how it should be done. The plot is taut and crisp. The narrative treats you like a grown-up. The central character, Faraday, doesn't have to hold the entire story up on his own. And, instead of jettisoning the excellent Winter, Hurley has twisted his perspective and kept the whole idea fresh.

Hurley also has a keen sense of class and social positioning, one that he deploys subtly. In fact, subtlety is the key here. By subtlety I don't mean missing things out, or implying something is important instead of stating it as such. But it is to do with nuance - for example the way McKenzie is treated by his neighbour is there to see, but not forced down your throat.

Hurley has managed to extend this series without feeling that it has run out of legs. I look forward to the next one.