The Riot

Laura Wilson is one of my favourite crime writers. I've read every novel she's written, so I'm a huge fan. I've enjoyed her DI Stratton series so far, but I was disappointed in this latest novel. I wasn't sure whether it was the subject matter that I found uninteresting or whether the narrative simp......more

Purchase The Riot here for just $8! The fifth book in the DI Ted Stratton series, this is set in London in 1958 and deals with racial tension in Notting Hill. Not an easy read, but a very rewarding one, Wilson covers more interesting territory than a pulpy whodunnit. Historically accurate......more

I gave this book a 4 only because I had difficulty keeping track of the characters (new station, new people). That aside, to read this book you have to be willing to be uncomfortable. Many of the scenarios, people, and backstories are akin to what I had studied in a Holocaust novel class, along with......more

Very dry narration. It didn't hold my interest though the subject matter of the racial events in London in the 1950s is definitely a good subject.......more

I enjoyed this thoroughly. Well-written, and it seemed to conjure up both the place and the time authentically. I always enjoy reading crime novels set in streets which I know. My sister lived in this part of London and my first visit to London was to stay with her in about 1962, so not so very long......more