Crust on Its Uppers - Derek Raymond

A State of Denmark - Derek Raymond

Before reading this I had only read 'I Was Dora Suarez', a classic noir novel of the darkest kind. This was very different. It's the story of an exiled British reported living in Italy, building his life again after escaping from an England ruled by a dictatorship. His life in Italy comes to an end, however, after the British ...

I Was Dora Suarez - Derek Raymond

For some reason, I wasn't too impressed with this first time through: it seemed to be full of thuggish, bullying police behavior and rubbishy mysticism in a search for a psychotic serial killer in modern London; a second attempt revealed it to be a very good, intelligent, crisply-written-in-modern-fashion book, "metaphysical" in a ...

I Was Dora Suarez - Derek Raymond

properly (to say more would be to spoil the book). The story revolves around the search for a vicious psychopath. Set in and around the West End, it allows Derek Raymond to build on his extensive knowledge of the area and its gallery of criminals and hangers on. That the chief protagonist is a cop who's idea of right and wrong is as blurred as any of the crooks should be no surprise. If you like your crime edged in black then this is for you. ...