Mark Hill’s debut The Two O’Clock Boy is the gripping, twist-filled start to a new London-set crime thriller series, starring morally corrupt DI Ray Drake – a new spin on the modern police novel, with a focus on psychological suspence and a heady sense of the macabre.

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‘A delight of a book that wreaks havoc with your assumptions in a delicious Highsmithian manner. Hill has a hell of a career ahead of him’ ALEX MARWOOD

‘New and impressive… At a stroke, Mark Hill has joined the upper echelons of London crime writers’ BARRY FORSHAW, CRIME TIME

‘An unsettling and powerful story… The plot cleverly weaves past and present – with shocking, edge-of-the-seat twists until its heart-stopping finale’ DAVID YOUNG, AUTHOR OF STASI CHILD

‘Mark Hill’s debut is a slick and gritty page turner that expertly examines the lengths people will go to to hide a guilty secret. It’s a compelling read, packed with unexpected twists and explosive secrets, that builds to a shocking and unforgettable climax. A fantastic debut’ ROD REYNOLDS

‘Mark Hill has written a brilliant debut with characters that linger in the subconscious long after reading. I devoured The Two O’Clock Boy and can’t wait to see what he does next. He’s a real talent’ STEVE CAVANAGH