-A twisting spiral of lies and corruption, a pitch-perfect portrait of contemporary London, and a beguiling bastard of a hero--what a recipe for a great read.- --Val McDermid, author of The Mermaids Singing Describing London police detective Nick Belsey, hero of The Hollow Man , an enthrallingly original thriller from British crime novelist Oliver Harris--the Daily Mail declared, -He's got to be London's coolest cop.- Crime fiction fans are sure to agree, especially those hooked on the novels of Ian Rankin, Peter Robinson, Mark Billingham, and Jo Nesbo. The first book in a series of tense and twisting police procedurals, The Hollow Man starts with Belsey at rock bottom, and then embroils him in a brazen identity theft scam and possible murder that could leave him either wealthy or dead. It's time to discover Oliver Harris, a new master of noir who's destined to be a big man at the scene of the crime.