LoveReading Says
LoveReading Says
Action-packed and vibrantly vivid, hang on tight as it’s a bit of wild ride! A serial killer haunts the streets of Manchester, children are disappearing in purgatory, and one of the dead has horrendous plans for the living in Japan. This is the second in the Dying Squad Series and it travels further and deeper into the unknown. I do feel that you need to have read The Dying Squad first as it really is the most perfect introduction. I suggest that you suspend everything you know, just dive in and believe (it’s actually rather easy, perhaps too easy!). Author Adam Simcox paints a moving picture with his pen, all my senses were fully engaged and on high alert. With three main characters and three cohabitating strands, the plot in The Generation Killer is intense and dramatic from the get-go, with tendrils from each reaching out to snag and support the others. I thought I already knew this world, but new hits of information made my eyes open wider. The policing element works beautifully, we get to more about our characters, and Japan has the most dynamic energy. I have been left wanting more! The Generation Killer cements this supernatural crime series as one to watch and I’ve chosen it to feature as a Liz Pick of the Month.
Liz Robinson
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The Generation Killer Synopsis
There's a new serial killer on the streets of Manchester - and only a dead cop can stop them.
Detective Joe Lazarus works for the Dying Squad, solving crimes the living police can't. When the Generation Killer starts wiping out Manchester's innocents, Joe and his new partner Bits have mere hours to catch the murderer. A young woman's life depends on it.
Joe's former partner Daisy-May has her own problems. Children are going missing in the afterlife, and she's the only one who seems to care. Her investigation uncovers a conspiracy so vast, it threatens both the living and the dead.
Her predecessor the Duchess can't help this time; she's tracked her treacherous sister, Hanna, to Tokyo, where she's been recruiting the dead. The Duchess must enlist the help of a local detective if she's to have any choice of stopping her.
Time is running out for the Dying Squad. And if they can't crack their cases, it's the living that will pay...
About This Edition
| ISBN: |
9781473230781 |
| Publication date: |
18th August 2022 |
| Author: |
Adam Simcox |
| Publisher: |
Gollancz an imprint of Orion Publishing Co |
| Format: |
Hardback |
| Pagination: |
400 pages |
| Primary Genre |
Horror and Supernatural Fiction
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Press Reviews
Adam Simcox Press Reviews
Untameably original, so stylish and packed with a biting humour - Rob Parker, author of A Wanted Man
THE DYING SQUAD is one of those books that fizzes with life. Every page has a new idea, or a funny line, and Daisy May is just a brilliant character to spend time with. Also, the ending arrives in a steel-tipped boot. Well played Adam - Stuart Turton, Sunday Times bestelling author and winner of the Costa First Novel Award for The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
Excellent. Funny, creepy and oh no he did not just throw that twist in there compelling' - Anna Stephens, author of The Godblind trilogy
Whip-smart, fresh with a dash of dark humour, The Dying Squad is a wildly entertaining read. Highly recommended - Adam Hamdy
Grim, wry and inventive, a twisting tale with both guts and heart. Never has Lincolnshire seemed more desolate, or more menacing - David Wragg, The Black Hawks
A thrilling ride with dark humour, action and a touching side that's hard to forget - The Sun
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About Adam Simcox
Adam Simcox is a London-based filmmaker who has shot commercials for brands such as McLaren, Primark and Unilever, and music videos for Britpop veterans as well as fresh on the scene alt-country stars. He began his film career by writing and directing three features: the first sold to Netflix before Netflix was Netflix; the second and third won awards and critical acclaim at festivals worldwide, and so didn’t sell at all.
When he’s not making films he indulges the masochistic pain that is being a Spurs fan, and keeps up his unhealthy vinyl collecting habit. He lives in London with his wife (a fellow writer) and their two young sons.
The Dying Squad is his debut novel.
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