Far from being one of those cozy British crime stories, this novel offers a lament for a Great Britain that's lost its bearings ... Unsettlingly dark ... Some of the book's sharpest moments come when characters like Hector and Shona's old beau Ned despair over what they've become.
Outstanding ... Effortlessly braids together three interconnected story lines ... Miller doesn’t rush things, allowing the disparate strands of his sophisticated narrative to come together slowly, and he enriches the proceedings with striking prose...and lovable characters. Fans of Mick Herron will adore this.
Miller’s greatest gift is to get you to care about his characters long before you’ve figured out what they’re looking for ... Grendel turns out to be something bigger and scarier than anything Herron’s Slow Horses have encountered, or than the predictable surprises that awaited Shona in those other two cases.
