- Published: 12 January 2017
- ISBN: 9781473542440
- Imprint: Transworld Digital
- Format: Audio Download
- Length: 10 hr 34 min
- Narrator: Lewys Taylor
- RRP: $22.99
Sirens
- Published: 12 January 2017
- ISBN: 9781473542440
- Imprint: Transworld Digital
- Format: Audio Download
- Length: 10 hr 34 min
- Narrator: Lewys Taylor
- RRP: $22.99
Waits’ first fictional outing is a shadowy, disturbing narrative and once you start reading it’s hard to resist the call. Sirens is the best British crime debut of the last five years.
Crimescene Magazine
Fresh and darkly stylish, Sirens is a striking debut that marks the arrival of a major new crime writing talent.
Chris Ewan
Sirens immediately feels like a classic, not a debut . . . a book for every crime fan.
Julia Heaberlin, author of Black Eyed Susans
Sirens is a powerhouse of noir. Joseph Knox owns Manchester and paints it in all its grimy colours.
Val McDermid
A fierce, assured and utterly compelling debut . . . A Ross MacDonald for the 21st century.
Stav Sherez
Manchester throbs with lowlife in this startling debut . . . a page-turner with a beating heart. I loved it.
Sarah Hilary
Great read. A powerful piece of Manchester noir, brutal, poignant and dark as tar.
Cath Staincliffe
Razor-sharp urban noir – very special indeed.
Lee Child
An amazing thriller. Sexy, stylish suspense.
A. A. Dhand
A dark, dangerous noir, Sirens will be one of 2017’s smash hit debuts.
Nick Quantrill
A down and dirty slice of Manchester noir . . . Impressively bleak.
Shots Magazine
This is an excellent read; it feels both classic and completely new and is remarkably assured for a first outing.
Stylist
Jumps straight into the top league of English noir.
The Times
The dark, gritty underbelly of Manchester is captured with eviscerating authenticity in this debut . . . This is urban noir at its freshest and most ferocious.
Daily Mail
A noir in that great tradition of the American writers James M Cain and Dashiel Hammet . . . it reminded me a bit of Chandler’s LA, the whole city is corrupt, the authority figures are as bad as the criminals.
Jake Kerridge on Open Book, Radio 4
A firecracker of a crime tale. His writing is taut, atmospheric and studded with eye-catching descriptions. An arresting new talent.
Metro
Page-turner is the only word for it.
Press Association
Gripping, powerfully compelling debut
Daily Express
Knox presents the city as pungently and uncompromisingly as Ian Rankin does Edinburgh
Guardian
Thrilling, breathless stuff
Observer
Brooding, blistering. Sirens is a remarkable literary thriller, perfect for fans of Ian Rankin and James Lee Burke
A.J. Finn, bestselling author of The Woman in the Window