A Good Day to Die

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Dennis Milne is back! A dark, gritty, utterly page-turning novel set in London’s meanest of mean streets: the follow-up to the hugely acclaimed debut, The Business of Dying.

When Dennis Milne — now living under an assumed identity in the Philippines — hears that his old friend and colleague Malik has been gunned down in a restaurant, he decides to go back to the violent city he once called home, and bring the murderer to book.

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Overview

Dennis Milne is back! A dark, gritty, utterly page-turning novel set in London’s meanest of mean streets: the follow-up to the hugely acclaimed debut, The Business of Dying.

When Dennis Milne — now living under an assumed identity in the Philippines — hears that his old friend and colleague Malik has been gunned down in a restaurant, he decides to go back to the violent city he once called home, and bring the murderer to book.

Milne arrives in a pre-Christmas London that is cold and hostile. But he is no longer a policeman; no longer charged with keeping the peace and upholding the law.

Although his friends at the King’s Cross station do not know that Milne is back in town, it soon becomes clear that his arrival has been expected by men who are after his blood. Hungry for revenge and determined to uphold his own very rough brand of justice, Milne’s search for the person behind his friend’s death leaves a trail of death and destruction that is more wide-reaching than even he could have expected.

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Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher
"Simon Kernick may be a new kid on the block but he certainly knows how to crank up the suspense and deliver a kick in the gut when it's needed. A Good Day To Die is a terrific novel. Put this one at the top of your list; it will keep you up well into the night."
—Peter Robinson

"A Good Day To Die is everything we have come to expect from Kernick — one of the best young crime writers to have emerged in the past five years. It’s a fast-paced yet deeply moral thriller with a thoughtful protagonist who never mistakes himself for a hero."
—Laura Lippman

Praise for The Murder Exchange:
“Pathos, pace, twists and a savage sense of place make this a guilty pleasure.”
Guardian

Publishers Weekly
Kernick (The Crime Trade) blurs the line between the right and wrong sides of justice in his fourth novel, a tense tale about a British cop turned vigilante-for-hire. Det. Sgt. Dennis Milne fled London for the Philippines after murdering innocent men he mistook for scumbags. Three years later, after changing his name to Mick Kane, he earns a living in Sabang Bay offing bad guys for pay; his latest target is a familiar London snitch who's wanted back in England for killing Milne's friend, Det. Asif Malik. Hungry for further vengeance, Milne risks his freedom and returns to London to track down others connected to Malik's murder. Milne re-examines the case Malik was investigating, sets up a meeting with a crime boss and gets ambushed for his troubles. From then on, Milne barely stays a step ahead of death. Though uneven at times, this action-packed page-turner will earn Kernick new followers. (Sept.) Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.
Kirkus Reviews
A good cop turns expert hit-man. Once upon a time, Detective Chief Inspector Dennis Milne had principles; now he has rationalizations. Maybe it all started going south the day bad guys tricked him into a triple homicide. Or maybe even earlier-maybe the time he decided the glacial justice system needed goosing from someone who understood that the playing field was severely slanted by all those bleeding-heart rules and regs determining what was and wasn't evidence. A wanted man, Milne flees, landing softly in the Philippines, where he's half-owner of a small but comfortable hotel-a hotelier with an interesting sideline: His gun's for hire. Not for just any purpose, of course. But off a pedophile? Why not? Take $30,000 to take out a career criminal? Sure. Who'd miss him? "I'm no cold-blooded murderer," says Milne, claiming to have ended only "the lives of people who deserved it." It's just such a vigilante mission that brings him sneaking back to London. He's decided to kill the snake who's killed a pretty good friend of his. And if it turns out there are intermediate snakes who deserve killing, well, so be it. It's an appealing conceit, but after three solid efforts (The Crime Trade, 2005, etc.), some serious over-plotting and a Grand Guignol finale make Kernick's fourth a bit of a mess.
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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780552164313
  • Publisher: Transworld Publishers Limited
  • Publication date: 9/27/2011
  • Pages: 464
  • Product dimensions: 5.00 (w) x 7.70 (h) x 1.30 (d)

Meet the Author

Simon Kernick’s previous novels are The Business of Dying, The Murder Exchange and Crime Trade.

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