THE BEST CRIME NOVEL OF 2024 - THE TIMES
BEST CRIME BOOKS OF 2024 - SUNDAY TIMES
BOOKS OF THE MONTH - THE GUARDIAN
'I very much doubt I'll read a better crime novel this year' IAN RANKIN
'The best crime novel I've read this year' THE TIMES
'Quite breathtaking' DAILY MAIL
'Superb' THE GUARDIAN
'Dominic Nolan is a wonderful writer' CHRIS WHITAKER
'A truly excellent crime novel' MAIL ON SUNDAY

It's 1952, and London is victorious but broken, a city of war ruins and rationing, run by gangsters and black-market spivs.
An elaborate midnight heist, the biggest robbery in British history, sends newspapers into a frenzy. Politicians are furious, the police red-faced. They have suspicions but no leads. Hunches but no proof.

For two families, it is more than just a sensational headline, as their fathers fail to return home on the day of the robbery.

Young Addie Rowe, daughter of a missing Jamaican postman and drunk ex-club hostess mother, struggles to care for her little sister in a dilapidated Brixton rooming house.

Claire Martin, increasingly resentful of roads not taken, strives to make the rent and keep her teenage son Ray from falling under unsavoury influences in Notting Dale.

She finds herself caught between the interests of dangerous men who may know the truth behind her husband's disappearance: Dave Lander, whose reserved nature she finds difficult to reconcile with his reputation as a violent gang enforcer, and Teddy 'Mother' Nunn, a sociopathic, evangelising outlaw and top lieutenant in Billy Hill's underworld.

Drawn together through the years in the city's invisible web of crime and poverty, the fates of the broken families and violent men collide in 1958, as the West Indian community of Notting Hill's slums come under attack from thugs and Teddy Boys. For Addie, Claire, Dave and Mother, old scores will be settled and new dreams chased in the crucible of London's violent summer.

'Dominic Nolan is one hell of a writer' MARK BILLINGHAM
'Incredibly good... one of the most interesting, brilliant crime writers around' JANE CASEY
'What a triumph. What an absolutely magnificent achievement' A.J. FINN
'Mind-blowing...so much more than a crime novel. An amazing piece of work' SARAH PINBOROUGH
'An extraordinary piece of work' HARRIET TYCE
'This is one of the richest, most absorbing novels I've read all year' TOM BENN

"Dominic Nolan's 'Vine Street' was exceptional, but 'White City' goes above and beyond, a gripping story of curdled dreams and bad intentions set in a sharply-realised 1950s London. I very much doubt I'll read a better crime novel this year." - IAN RANKIN

"The best crime novel I've read this year" - THE TIMES

"Superb" - THE GUARDIAN - BOOKS OF THE MONTH

"Quite breathtaking...as sweeping as anything by James Ellroy" - DAILY MAIL

"A gripping, atmospheric tale *****" - HEAT

"Dom Nolan novels aren't just stories, but complete worlds. Immersive, epic, unforgettable. WHITE CITY is simply unmissable for anyone serious about (crime) fiction." - Jo Furniss, DEAD MILE

"Yet again Nolan confirms his place as one of the UK's finest writers. White City is both fiercely ambitious and startlingly intimate, teeming with morally complex characters desperately trying to navigate a way through dark, treacherous waters. UK crime has waited a long time to find its James Ellroy; the wait is now officially over." - TREVOR WOOD

"Mind-blowing...so much more than a crime novel. Entirely immersive, with such a brilliant cast of characters and a commentary that works for today, it's just frankly an amazing piece of work" - SARAH PINBOROUGH

"'What a triumph. What an absolutely magnificent achievement. Transporting, startling, and ultimately almost overwhelmingly powerful' " - A. J. FINN

"An extraordinary piece of work. The writing is beautiful and the world is entirely realistic in its brutality and moments of transcendence, reminiscent of Patrick Hamilton's work and also Brighton Rock. A brilliant book." - HARRIET TYCE

"Incredibly good... one of the most interesting, brilliant crime writers around" - JANE CASEY

"A major success....strongly recommended." - THE CRITIC

"Gripping" - CRIME MONTHLY

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A truly excellent crime novel

" - MAIL ON SUNDAY

"It is a genius book" - ALAN PARKS

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More James Ellroy than Agatha Christie, it's bleak, brutal and often thrilling. Both vivid and visceral, it's a rewarding reminder of just how ambitious crime fiction can be

" - THE HERALD