ISBN: 0008542007 9780008542009

Category: Fiction / Mystery & Detective / General

Page count: 288

<p>A gripping new thriller from the master of crime...</p> <br> <br> 'It's a winner, involving bent MPs, snatched heiresses, sex, drugs, and double dealing' Time Out <p>In the 1980s, London is a melting pot of cultures, but race and class create sharp divisions.</p> <p>Black British journalist Sam Dean looks for stories, not missing persons.</p> <p>But when an old friend asks for help tracking down a White Conservative MP's daughter, he feels he can't say no.</p> <p>Especially as Virginia's disappearance is tangled with the fate of Roy, a young mixed-race boy who reminds Sam of his own son.</p> <p>A trail of secrets leads Sam into the backstreets of Black British culture, to the crossroads of race and class where you'll find seedy walk-up flats, betting parlours and smoky nightclubs.</p> <p>London's answer to S.A. Cosby, Blood Rights is a riveting time capsule of London's multi-cultural history wrapped up in a tense thriller.</p>