{"title":"Phil Lecomber","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePhil Lecomber\u003c\/strong\u003e crafts gripping crime and thriller novels that plunge readers into the shadowy corners of London's underworld. His works, such as \u003cem\u003eThe Devil's Banquet\u003c\/em\u003e and the \u003cem\u003ePiccadilly Noir Series\u003c\/em\u003e, are rich with atmospheric tension and complex characters navigating moral ambiguity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eExpect dark, fast-paced narratives filled with sharp dialogue and twists that keep you guessing. Lecomber’s storytelling captures the grit and pulse of the city, making his books a must-read for fans of modern noir and urban thrillers.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"the-piccadilly-noir-series-midnight-streets-by-phil-lecomber-9781835411995","title":"The Piccadilly Noir Series - Midnight Streets","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen Cockney private detective George Harley saves a young girl’s life on a dark London night in 1929, he doesn’t realise it marks the beginning of an investigation which will change his life forever. The incendiary novel which inspired the girl’s abduction also seems to be linked to a series of grisly murders that are taking place on Harley’s patch, and though he’s delighted to be asked by Scotland Yard to help find the killer before they strike again, he could do without the local razor- and cosh-wielding mobsters thinking he’s a police informant.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSet during the Golden Age of Crime Fiction, Harley’s world is a far cry from the country house of an Agatha Christie whodunnit. This working-class sleuth does his ‘sherlocking’ in the frowzy alleyways and sleazy nightclubs of Soho – the city’s underbelly – peopled with lowlife ponces, jaded streetwalkers, and Jewish and Maltese gangsters: a world of grubby bedsits, all-night cafés, egg and chips, and Gold Flake cigarettes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHere, the midnight streets are black as pitch and, as Harley finds himself embroiled in the macabre mysteries of a city in which truth is as murky as the pea-souper smog, he begins to realise he may never find a way out.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47072770949356,"sku":"9781835411995","price":28.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/13190563482841.jpg?v=1765131293"},{"product_id":"the-devils-banquet-by-phil-lecomber-9781835417317","title":"The Devil's Banquet","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFour years after bringing the infamous child-killer known as the ‘Nursery Butcher’ to justice – and still haunted by the brutal vengeance exacted by the psychopath’s ruthless allies – Cockney private eye George Harley is finally back in business, operating a new detective agency in the heart of London’s Soho.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHarley and his new assistant Bunty are presented with their first case when a distressed father engages them to investigate the disappearance of his daughter, who has run away from home to join a cabaret troupe led by the notorious ‘Queen of Depravity’ Ilse Blau, now in London after being driven out by the Nazis from Weimar-era Berlin.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBut in Harley’s liminal world, things are never straightforward, and the detective soon finds himself embroiled in another pitch-dark scenario, with London’s decadent, thrill-seeking gentry on one side and West End mobsters and wide-boys in search of easy cash on the other. When he discovers that a six-year-old has been kidnapped from an orphanage, Harley is convinced his old nemesis has somehow broken out of the lunatic asylum and is back on the streets of London, up to his old tricks.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSet in 1933 and following on from the events of \u003cem\u003eMidnight Streets\u003c\/em\u003e, this second instalment in the Piccadilly Noir series sees George Harley return to the frowzy alleyways and sleazy nightclubs of the UK capital in search of answers – no matter how uncomfortable they might turn out to be. But when he becomes ensnared in the mind games of a wily femme fatale, and finds himself up against ruthless Glaswegian gangsters, well-connected occultists, and undercover SS agents, those answers become increasingly hard to find.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48084205895916,"sku":"9781835417317","price":28.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781835417317-the-devil-s-banquet.jpg?v=1785733365"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/collections\/phil-lecomber.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}