A THE TIMES BEST CRIME BOOK OF 2024LONGLISTED FOR THE ILP JOHN CREASEY FIRST NOVEL DAGGER 2025Extraordinary both a madcap crime caper and a savage stateofthenation novel Anders Lustgarten writes like a man possessed bursting with energy The TimesAn electrifying wild ride of a debut novel from awardwinning playwright Anders LustgartenMeet Cherry a bandit queen on the run driving a pink softtop convertible through the badlands of SouthEast England Shes never felt more Thelma amp Louise in her life except there are three of them in the car and one of them is deadHow did a head nurse and mother of two end up driving a handcuffed policeman and the corpse of a murdered refugee on a journey to find justice Pursued by a racist roidraged shavenheaded officer of the law not to mention by her husband and daughter what else can a woman with a conscience do in modern BritainThrilling radical and darkly comedic Anders Lustgartens openhearted storm of a book explores pressing political concerns with clearsightedness and holds a mirror up to contemporary BritainAn irreverent tragicomic tour de force as absurd and as urgent as hope Lustgartens novel is comedy as weapon and deep moral inquiry Guardian
