JACK TAYLOR NOVELS BRANT NOVELS Ammunition Calibre Vixen Blitz The McDead Taming the Alien A White Arrest CRIME NOVELS MAX & ANGELA NOVELS TAMING THE ALIEN US Detective Sergeant Brant and his boss, Inspector Roberts are the R&B of the Metropolitan police - and as sleazy and ruthless as the villains they are out to get. They take us on a trawl through the streets of London, Dublin and New York. Read an excerpt. Buy the book from Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk or an independent bookstore. PRAISE UK "Author Bruen uses a clipped, telegraphic style - reminiscent of James Ellroy's White Jazzthat causes some of the initial confusion, but a second reading makes clear that the style is right for a tale of wild cops and psychopathic hoods. That style and the loose structure of the book allow Bruen to infuse his story with a brand of humor that is alternately sly, bizarre, ribald, and very dark. Call it postmodern noir, and recommend it to crime fans who are looking for something a little different."    —Booklist "The most startling and original crime novel of the decade."    —GQ "....a very stylish writer. Violence, drugs, double-crosses and emotional betrayal all feature against a background of sleazy London hotels and warehouses, and Bruen keeps the tension agonizingly high throughout. Very, very good."    —Tribune Magazine "Ken Bruen is a genius.... Real writing about real people, where the cops are human and have bad days and take the odd sweetener, and where villains are everyday people doing what they have to do to survive. And if they enjoy a little mayhem along the way... what the hell? They're only human. Tense stuff that's peppered with fantastic wit and violent action. This book makes James Ellroy look like a wimp. Buy it. Buy it."    —Amazon