A twisting spiral of lies and corruption, a pitch-perfect portrait of contemporary London, and a beguiling bastard of a herowhat a recipe for a great read.Val McDermid, author of The Mermaids SingingDescribing London police detective Nick Belsey, hero of The Hollow Man, an enthrallingly original thriller from British crime novelist Oliver Harristhe Daily Mail declared, Hes got to be Londons coolest cop. Crime fiction fans are sure to agree, especially those hooked on the novels of Ian Rankin, Peter Robinson, Mark Billingham, and Jo Nesb. 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. Its time to discover Oliver Harris, a new master of noir whos destined to be a big man at the scene of the crime.