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The Hollow Men

Hardcover / ISBN-13: 9781473617667

Price: £14.99

ON SALE: 25th February 2016

Genre: Fiction & Related Items / Crime & Mystery

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A new must-read crime series for fans of Mark Billingham and Sarah Hilary: the perfect blend of detective and medical drama.

Meet Dr Harry Kent. Former Army medic, hospital registrar, police surgeon, drug addict and defender of anyone the world would rather brush aside. His critics say he has a weakness for lost causes.

Usually his police work means minor injuries and mental health assessments. But Solomon Idris’s case is different. Solomon Idris has taken eight people hostage in a chicken takeaway, and is demanding a lawyer and a BBC reporter. Harry is sent in to treat the clearly ill teenager…before the siege goes horribly wrong.

When Solomon’s life is put in danger again from the safety of a critical care ward, it becomes clear he knows something people will kill to protect.

Determined to uncover the secret that drove the boy to such desperate action, Harry soon realises that someone in the medical world, someone he may even know, has broken the doctors’ commandment ‘do no harm’ many times over.

And now only he stands in the way of them causing further hurt…

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Reviews

A fast-moving, wholly contemporary tale...The vibrant mix of medical thriller and police procedural is enhanced by the realistic backdrop of inner-city social problems.
The Times
A stunning debut...gripping and original
Mail on Sunday
McCarthy is an original new voice who uses his inside knowledge to great effect in this memorable novel.
Sunday Times, crime book of the month
A brilliant hero...every page is full of tension
Sunday Mirror
A good story, well told, and very much enriched by an insider's knowledge
Literary Review
Gripping
Independent
This ferocious debut from a young medical student is one of the finest first crime novels I have encountered this year...Written with admirable verve and lacerating detail, it announces the arrival of a shiny new talent in British crime writing and grips from the start
Daily Mail
Gritty, authentic and has enough twists to keep readers guessing until a shocking conclusion. McCarthy is a bright talent
Daily Express

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