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Fantastic, Gritty!
A dark, gritty, dirty and drug infused read set in Manchester.
This is a book you will hear yourself saying just one more chapter then all of a sudden you... READ MORE
Gritty, grimy and engrossing
Initially I struggled to get into this book. To me the first fifty or so pages felt a little disjointed, however I think that may have been due to me readi... READ MORE
An outstanding debut novel.
More than just a crime novel, this is a dark and tragic journey through the dark underbelly of Manchester. Our lead character is a broken young policeman t... READ MORE
The start of something great
A detective novel that was much more than the cliché I was expecting. A copper with all the traits of a run of the mill story detective, but with a fresh p... READ MORE
A missing girl...
I wasn't sure what to expect from this book, but I picked it up anyway, with it being set around Manchester, and am I glad I did. There were twists all thr... READ MORE
Synopsis
It starts with the girl. How it ends is up to Detective Aidan Waits.
Isabelle Rossiter has run away again.
When Aidan Waits, a troubled junior detective, is summoned to her father’s penthouse home – he finds a manipulative man, with powerful friends.
But retracing Isabelle’s steps through a dark, nocturnal world, Waits finds something else. An intelligent seventeen-year-old girl who’s scared to death of something. As he investigates her story, and the unsolved disappearance of a young woman just like her, he realizes Isabelle was right to run away.
Soon Waits is cut loose by his superiors, stalked by an unseen killer and dangerously attracted to the wrong woman. He’s out of his depth and out of time.
How can he save the girl, when he can't even save himself?
Read a waterstones exclusive interview with Joseph Knox about his debut novel Sirens.
Publisher information
- Publisher: Transworld Publishers Ltd
- ISBN: 9780857524331
- Number of pages: 400
- Dimensions: 240 x 162 x 34 mm
- Weight: 645g
Customer Reviews
View allFast and furious but lacking soul..
Joseph Knox is one of a new breed of crime writers creating gritty stories based around the northern industrial gang ridden Manchester belt. What he does h... READ MORE
Quicksand
Starting the book is like taking a walk in boggy marsh land ... and before you know it you're stuck in quicksand ... You want to get out of it, away from t... READ MORE
Fantastic Debut!
I had heard this book was rather good, yes I think those were the exact words used to describe it. (York, September 2016)
That was enough for me to request... READ MORE
Sirens is a triumph
Detective Constable Aiden Waits narrates this powerful, dark and sometimes grimy story in a voice that is assured and really quite frightening. A flawed co... READ MORE
Noir at its finest.
A debut that sparked a 10-way scramble for publishing rights and left early reviewers salivating with praise, ‘Sirens’ is penned by a talent who, as a book... READ MORE
Utterly brilliant!
My trend for amazing books read in 2017 holds firm with this, the brilliant Sirens, by Joseph Knox. It's hard to believe this is a debut novel so I am thri... READ MORE
Sirens - A Compelling Read
More noir than a bucket of tar. Although perhaps the protagonist does not quite fit the noir bill. Detective Constable Aidan Waits is a disgraced officer w... READ MORE
Excellent!
"Sirens" by Joseph Knox is the edgy, debut crime novel in the Detective Constable Aidan Waits series and a cracking thriller it is too!
I was totally intri... READ MORE
An Amazing debut.
Once you start reading it’s hard to stop. Great characters, gripping plot. When a case takes Watt's into the heart of Manchester's drug scene, its dark and... READ MORE
Thriller set in MANCHESTER
Sirens is set in the early months of a very British winter and takes full advantage of the grey skies, swirling rain and dark shadows to enhance the storyl... READ MORE
Stunning Dark Debut
Sirens is a fabulous debut novel from Joseph Knox. I actually found this difficult to review as a large part of me is sitting here shouting it’s fabulous j... READ MORE
Sirens
So good I immediately ordered the next book.
SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR
The 4 words above are what peaked my interest in this book. As a big fan of Crime fiction (mainly Tartan Noir) I was pleasantly surprised to see a novel se... READ MORE
Dark and Compulsive
So this story is about Aidan Waits who is a police officer gone bad. He is tasked at finding the local MP's daughter who has gone missing but the MP wants ... READ MORE
Introduction to an old fashioned hard boiled detective
"Sirens" is the novel in which Mr Knox introduces the character of Aidan Waits. The novel is currently being reprinted in 2018. Aidan is an English... READ MORE
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