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Time to Win is the second installment of Brett's Great Yarmouth-set series, a brilliant seaside noir with a tough matriarch at its heart. Tatiana Goodwin has taken over her late husband's empire and is trying to extricate herself from a life of crime. However, following a suspicious fire and unexplained deaths, she is pulled further into the criminal underworld. The book offers more than just crime, with strong characterisation and relationships between family members and their associates and enemies.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 368 pages
Publication date: 25 April 2019
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group

'With the tough matriarch at its heart, this second instalment of Brett's Great Yarmouth-set series is brilliant seaside noir, the action playing out at cracking pace in the rough and seedy resort' Sunday Times Crime Club

'Be prepared to immerse yourself in Great Yarmouth's murky underworld with this great thriller' Five Stars, The Sun - 'Book of the Week'

Tatiana Goodwin has finally begun to piece her life back together after the events of the past year. Having taken over her late husband Rich's empire, Tatty has put together a massive deal to capitalise on his dirty dealings - and hopefully extricate herself from a life of crime she'd been unwillingly drawn into.

But following a suspicious fire in the firm's new HQ, and a number of unexplained deaths in the town, it soon becomes clear that there's more than one person who's after the Goodwin family assets. With her daughter in a rocky relationship and her teenage son Zach beginning to follow in the footsteps of his gangster father, everything is getting a little too close to home for Tatty's liking . . .

As the family is pulled further into the criminal underworld she sought to protect them from, Tatty has some difficult decisions to make - before her enemies make them for her.

'Things are hotting up . . . But the book offers more than just crime: the characterisation is strong and the relationships between the various family members and their associates and enemies skilfully depicted. A particular treat for anyone familiar with Yarmouth' East Anglian Daily Times

'Brett's knuckleduster-hard story goes behind the tawdry neon of the day-tripper strip. A promising series . . . Fans of Martina Cole will look forward to this' Peterborough Today


Praise for Time to Win:

'The Godfather in Great Yarmouth' Ian Rankin

'An atmospheric and riveting tale' Guardian

* * * * * The Sun

'Harry Brett writes a fun plot with witty elegance' The Times

'Fearsomely good' Nicci French

'A 21st century Long Good Friday' Tony Parsons

'Taut and atmospheric' Eva Dolan

'Gripping, compelling, original crime drama' Dreda Say Mitchell

'Darkly brooding and atmospheric' M.J. McGrath

'Time to Win redraws the landscape of British noir' Stav Sherez

'A tour de force' William Ryan

'I loved Time to Win' Julia Crouch

'Gritty and stark' Sunday Mirror

'Time To Win is firmly in the top flight of crime writing' Crime Scene

Weight: 252g
Dimension: 127 x 197 x 24 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781472152695