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One of those writers that anyone who is serious about their craft views with respect bordering on awe Val McDermid

Makes tension rise through the page like a sharks fin Independent

Not all secrets can stay buried.

Its 1872 and mining engineer John Blair wants nothing more than to return to Africa. So when his commissioner asks him to investigate a disappearance in the English coal mining town of Wigan, he jumps on the opportunity in the hopes that a successful undertaking will help fund his next trip.

But in a town where the very rich and the very poor live and work side by side, Blairs presence is mistrusted by many. And when he falls in love with Rose, a beautiful pit girl, things start to turn deadly. In a place where life is brutish, short and covered in coal dust, Blair must solve a mystery that will force him to confront his own heart of darkness . . .

Praise for Martin Cruz Smith

The story drips with atmosphere and authenticity a literary triumph David Young, bestselling author of Stasi Child

One of those writers that anyone who is serious about their craft views with respect bordering on awe Val McDermid

Cleverly and intelligently told, The Girl from Venice is a truly riveting tale of love, mystery and rampant danger. I loved it Kate Furnivall, author of The Liberation

Smith not only constructs grittily realistic plots, he also has a gift for characterisation of which most thriller writers can only dream Mail on Sunday

Smith was among the first of a new generation of writers who made thrillers literary Guardian

Brilliantly worked, marvellously written . . . an imaginative triumph Sunday Times

Martin Cruz Smiths Renko novels are superb William Ryan, author of The Constant Soldier