Of Cops and Robbers - Tapa blanda

'Riveting . . . Nicol is a superb storyteller, with vibrant characters and stunningly vivid dialogue'
THE TIMES on OF COPS & ROBBERS

'I think I may have read the best crime novel of the year . . . makes most Scandi-crime look as if it's been set in Legoland'
SHOTS MAGAZINE on OF COPS & ROBBERS

'Some of the best crime fiction you could read . . . everything about [Nicol's] writing is sure-footed'
THE SUNDAY TIMES'

'Superlative talent . . . Explosive, topical and corruscating, this lifts the lid off the other side of the African dream'
MAXIM JAKUBOWSKI

'This is not just superb genre writing: it is superb writing, period . . . Read Mike Nicol now, before everyone else starts telling you how wonderful he is'
JOHN CONNOLLY

'Shady characters, twists, turns, murder, mayhem, humour, wonderful dialogue, white-knuckle pace and lots of authentic Cape Town colour . . . Everything I love about the genre in just the right amount'
DEON MEYER

'World class . . . pace, wonderful characters and brilliant dialogue'
ELLE

'Welcome to a late-capitalist world of death squads, dirty politics and drug deals . . . The classic opening passage sets a high standard of bloody poetics which is maintained throughout'
LITNET

'Compelling . . . terrific dialogue, and Nicol's Cape Town is cool, dangerous, full of humour and very far from its touristy image . . . Black Heart paints a vivid portrait of the moral confusion of post-apartheid society.'
MARCEL BERLINS, THE TIMES on BLACK HEART --...

'Compelling . . . Nicol's Cape Town is cool, dangerous, full of humour, and very far from its touristy image'
THE TIMES

PI Fish Pescado is surfing. To Fish this is paradise. Except, he has no work, and less money. Then: a job. Find the murderous bastard who wiped out a bystander at an illegal drag race.
Thing is the drag racer turns out to have powerful connections -- right to the police commissioner. Thing is the commissioner has his eye on Fish's girlfriend Vicky, the best woman he's ever had. Thing is the commissioner has a nasty past. A past that has to do with the bad old days and hit squads and the kind of information that no one in the new rainbow nation wants uncovered. The commissioner's also got a taste for the lush life. A taste that is ruthless, savage.