Turf Wars
Turf Wars by Olivier Norek, published by MACLEHOSE PRESS on June 9, 2022, is a gripping crime novel set in France’s most notorious suburb. This edition, available in English, spans 336 pages and delves into the chaos following the execution of three drug dealers, one of whom is killed in front of a police surveillance team. The story unfolds as a new kingpin rises to power, employing a ruthless teenage enforcer to tighten his control over the territory, while a local mayor navigates her own connections to the criminal underworld.
Readers will find themselves immersed in a high-stakes narrative where Capitaine Coste and his team confront the challenges of a rapidly escalating drug war. As they attempt to protect an elderly stash-minder from becoming collateral damage, the tension mounts, and survival becomes paramount. Norek’s background as a police officer informs the authenticity of the plot, making Turf Wars a compelling exploration of crime and morality in contemporary France, with themes of international crime and the complexities of law enforcement woven throughout.
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A second blistering crime novel set in France’s most notorious suburb, by a police officer turned million-copy bestseller and key writer on Spiral
“Hits the ground running and never lets up . . . This impressive debut is slick, sick and not for the faint-hearted . . . It will make you cry out (for more)” – Mark Sanderson, The Times on The Lost and the Damned
The summary execution of three dealers – one murdered in full view of a police surveillance team – is the signal for hell to be unleashed in France’s most notorious suburb.
Now there’s a new kingpin in charge, using his ruthless teenage enforcer to assert an iron grip on his territory. And the local mayor, no stranger to the criminal underworld, is willing to make a pact with the devil if it will secure her a third term.
Enter Capitaine Coste and his team, ready to break the rules to prevent the drugs squad from throwing an elderly stash-minder to the lions as bait. But when the blue touchpaper is lit on the estates, it will be all they can do to save their own skins from the inferno.
Once again, Norek draws on all his experience as a police officer in France’s capital of crime – the same experience he drew on as a writer for the hit TV series Spiral – making Turf Wars the most authentic crime novel you’ll read all year.
Translated from the French by Nick Caistor
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