Slow Motion Ghosts
'Noon's storytelling is assured and compelling ... it's a belter' Guardian
‘Constantly surprising’ Spectator
A viciously occult murder.
A curious clue left on the body.
The soundtrack to the murder still playing...
It is 1981 and Detective Inspector Henry Hobbes is still reeling in the aftermath of the fire and fury of the Brixton riots. The battle lines of society - and the police force - are being redrawn on a daily basis.
With the certainties of his life already sorely tested, a brutal murder will shake his beliefs to their very core once more. The manner of the death and its staged circumstances pose many questions to which there are no obvious answers.
To track the murderer, Hobbes must cross boundaries into a subculture…
$19.99
February 25, 2020Jeff Noon is a musician, a painter, and a playwright. He was born on the outskirts of Manchester, England, where he still lives today. He is the author of Vurt , which won the 1994 Arthur C. Clarke Award, and Pollen. He is the recipient of the 1995 John W,. Cambell Award for best new writer.