The System
05 August 2021Imprint: Picador
Synopsis
Longlisted for the CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger 2021
‘Excellent, lucid, intelligent and gripping’ – Scotsman
‘An utterly riveting read’ – Guardian, Thriller of the Month
6 December 1993. A drug dealer called Scrappy is shot and left for dead on her mother’s lawn in South Central Los Angeles. Two local gang members, Wizard and Dreamer, are arrested. The problem is: one is...
Details
05 August 2021496 pages
9781509843879Imprint: Picador
Reviews
Pacy, immersive and vivid, with strong characterisation and no punches pulled, this is an utterly riveting readGuardian, Thrillers of the Month
Gripping, meticulously-researched and smartly-plotted, I devoured this brilliant novel over the course of a weekend.Paula Hawkins, author of The Girl on the Train
The most compelling courtroom drama I have read this yearSunday Telegraph, Novel of the Week
A portrait of Nineties LA to sit alongside that of James Ellroy’s depiction of it in the FortiesThe Times, Thriller of the Month
