Jack Lutz explodes onto the crime scene with a ticking-bomb police case set in a near-future London, for fans of Hanna Jameson and Luther

'London in Black is a truly absorbing novel - an all-day-on-the-couch read if ever there was one. Its vision of the near future is plausible enough to be legitimately frightening... an unusually compelling thriller and will, I hope, be the first of many from him' Kevin Brockmeier, author of The Brief History of the Dead

'A taut and timely blend of crime and dystopia' Alex Scarrow, author of the DCI Boyd thrillers

'A skilfully rendered homage to London, with a dystopian police procedural woven in. It's a compelling debut by Jack Lutz, with a protagonist you want to root for, and a fast-paced mystery at its heart. Excellent!' Guy Morpuss, author of Five Minds

THE ATTACKS WON'T STOP. NEITHER WILL SHE.

LONDON 2027

Terrorists deploy lethal nerve gas London Black at Waterloo Station, killing 10% of London's population. DI Lucy Stone should have died-but she didn't, all because of something she'll spend the rest of her life atoning for.

LONDON 2029

Two years later, Lucy is kept alive by precious booster shots. Copy-cat strikes plague the city. When London's most important scientist is brutally murdered, Lucy discovers he was potentially working on an antidote. But her booster shots are no longer working as well as they used to, and time is running out.

Will Lucy find the antidote - and catch the killer- before it's too late?