A Dark Redemption

A Dark Redemption introduces DI Jack Carrigan and DS Geneva Miller as they investigate the brutal rape and murder of a young Ugandan student. Plunged into an underworld of illegal immigrant communities, they discover that the murdered girl’s studies at a London college may have threatened to reveal things that some people will go to any lengths to keep secret…

Unflinching, inventive and intelligent, A Dark Redemption explores a sinister case that will force DI Carrigan to face up to his past and DS Miller to confront what path she wants her future to follow.

"This impressive series kickoff from British author Sherez (The Devil's Playground) introduces Det. Insp. Jack Carrigan, a Scotland Yard veteran regarded as an oddball for his obsessive devotion to his work. Years earlier, after graduating from college, Carrigan and two friends took a vacation in Uganda that ended in tragedy. The shadows from that traumatic experience weigh more heavily on Carrigan after the savage murder of Grace Okello, a student of East African history, in her London flat. Her body is riddled with bite marks from human teeth that have been filed to a point, and her heart was removed — while she was still alive. The victim was studying African warlords who have used revolutionary politics as a mask for their sadistic desire for power, and it appears her research could have been a threat to one of them. The action builds to a jaw-dropping resolution. Readers will want to see more of this convincingly flawed hero. Agent: Lesley Thorne, Aitken Alexander Associates (U.K.). (June)" Publishers Weekly (Starred Review) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.

“A superior novel, well written and plotted, with a convincing backdrop about a continent that rarely features in crime fiction.” Marcel Berlins, The Times

“Fast paced and slick, this is the first in what could well be an outstanding series.” Laura Wilson, Guardian

“A Dark Redemption is a clever, multi-layered beginning to a promising new series....Sherez does a masterful job with a particularity haunting plot.” Henry Sutton, The Daily Mirror (Book of the Week)

“This intriguing and well-written thriller is highly original....Sherez ventures into a part of London that crime fiction readers probably never see. A salutary read, highly recommended.” Jessica Mann, Literary Review