Winner of the John Creasey Memorial Dagger — the UK's leading literary award for debut crime novels — as best first novel of the year.

"Tough but true: a first-time novelist has to bring something new to the table — something like the trumps that William Landay throws down in his high-stakes police procedural MISSION FLATS. ... Landay writes with eloquent intensity."
— The New York Times

"Genuinely shocking." — Boston Globe

"Landay's story is rife with nuanced characters and the gritty realism of street justice. His tale is reminiscent of his fellow Beantown writer Dennis Lehane, which is a true compliment." — Rocky Mountain News

"Landay is a superb writer who can evoke visceral emotional reactions with skillful evocative prose, especially when describing a sense of personal loss and the scene of urban loss that is Mission Flats." — St. Petersburg Times

"Juicy characterisation and a strong affinity for moral ambiguity and human failings make this much more than a sordid tale in which the errors of the past come back to haunt the living. It marks the blooding of a major new talent, with shades of George Higgins and Scott Turow." — The Guardian (UK)