Time to Win (The Goodwins) - Hardcover

Harry Brett is a pseudonym for Henry Sutton, who is the author of nine previous novels including My Criminal World and Get Me Out Of Here. He also co-authored the DS Jack Frost novel, First Frost, under the pseudonym James Henry. His work has been translated into many languages. His fifth novel, Kids' Stuff, received an Arts Council Writers' Award in 2002, and became a long-running stage play in Riga, Latvia. He has judged numerous literary prizes, including the John Lewellyn Rhys Prize and the Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year. He has been the Literary Editor of Esquire magazine and the Books Editor of the Daily Mirror. He teaches Creative Writing at the University of East Anglia, where he is a Senior Lecturer and the director of the new Creative Writing MA Crime Fiction. He lives in Norwich with his family.

Harry Brett writes a fun plot with witty elegance. * The Times * 5* . . . dark and gritty. * The Sun * Gritty and stark, with a skilful evocation of the down-at-heel, bleak seaside town. * Sunday Mirror * The character-driven plot, masterful suspense and stark coastal setting ensure that Time To Win is firmly in the top flight of crime writing. * Crime Scene * I loved Time to Win. Harry Brett captures the fog and mud and murk of the Norfolk coast, mixes it with a dose of violence, vengeance and warped loyalties, and turns it into a curiously addictive example of North Sea Noir -- Julia Crouch Time to Win is a tour de force - a gripping organised crime drama that feels like the start of something big -- William Ryan 'Brilliantly atmospheric, claustrophobic, tense and gripping, Time to Win redraws the landscape of British noir and introduces a fresh and vital voice in Harry Brett -- Stav Sherez A taut and atmospheric work of Fenland noir. Time to Win exposes the seediness and brutality which so often dominates rural communities and marks out Harry Brett as a new must read author for fans of the dark stuff -- Eva Dolan 'A tale of family and power and mayhem, Harry Brett's Time to Win is a winner on all counts. Rivetingly told and bracingly paced, it offers readers not only propulsive storytelling but deeper pleasures - foremost, in Tatty, as rich and complicated a female character as one could hope for -- Megan Abbott Time to Win is fearsomely good: doomy and atmospheric -- Nicci French It's not just a body that's washed up, but a seaside town's secrets. Gripping, compelling, original crime drama -- Dreda Say Mitchell Darkly brooding and atmospheric . . . a claustrophobic combination of dysfunctional family drama and small town corruption. In Tatty, Harry Brett has created a matriarch to be reckoned with. Noir at its best -- M.J. McGrath In Harry Brett, British crime fiction has its new big beast and in Time To Win, Brett has written a heart-pounding thriller for our time - a 21st century Long Good Friday -- Tony Parsons The Godfather in Great Yarmouth -- Ian Rankin