Memo from Turner - Hardcover

''It's twenty-four years since Willocks' Green River Rising was published. Memo from Turner is even better. It's a devastating indictment of modern South Africa.'' -- Evening Standard (London)

''Willocks' thrillers are marked out by the elegance of the writing coupled with the brutality of the action. Memo from Turner is no exception.'' --Mail on Sunday (London)

''The clash of personalities that follows is delivered with unrelenting impact, and there are echoes here of the late American novelist Robert Stone in this picture of endemic corruption. But neither Stone nor Deon Meyer can touch Willocks' formidable body count.'' -- Financial Times (London)

''A violent thriller that pits integrity against corruption and expedience in an arid, pitiless landscape. As the corpses and moral contradictions multiply, Memo from Turner ticks all the boxes for righteous machismo.'' -- Guardian (London)

''Tim Willocks' novel Memo from Turner is an exuberant ride through violence in the human heart and the conditions that allow vice to flourish over decency. In Turner, Willock gives the reader a ''hero'' who plumbs all the hard philosophical dilemmas concerning self interest versus loyalty, right versus wrong, fair versus unfair and what that even means in a corruption riddled world. A gritty, hard hitting moral novel.'' --Soniah Kamal, award winning author of Unmarriageable: Pride and Prejudice in Pakistan

''Crisp, smart prose. Vivid, intelligent, and relatable characters. A story with verve and social urgency. You can feel the oppressive South African desert sun beating on your head; and the dust choking your breath. First-rate storytelling.'' --Kelly Parsons, author of Doing Harm and Under the Knife

''This is an interesting story in an interesting setting, and the dialogue is first-rate. I look forward to more Turner stories.'' --Nicholas Guild, author of Blood Ties

''Willocks has borrowed stock elements from old forms and cobbled them into one fine thriller...Formulas in place, Willocks abandons them for something better . . . A fine crime novel that delights in upending our expectations.'' --Booklist

''Willocks holds nothing back in this impressive crime novel featuring a relentless and incorruptible black South African police officer...Fans of the gritty and gory work of James Ellroy and Paul Cleave will appreciate Willocks.'' --Publishers Weekly