Long Way Home

A stunning debut... The subject matter is fascinating, the execution of it is a joy to read

Long Way Home is one of the strongest debut novels I've read in a long time. Beautifully written and imagined, Dolan renders a previously hidden world alive with compelling detail. Original and gripping, compassionate and salutary, you won't want to stop reading until the final page

Cool, confident and classy, Eva Dolan's LONG WAY HOME is a stand out debut that combines intelligent, issue-led crime fiction with a vivid prose style, a compelling plot and a detective duo to root for. Dolan provides a fresh and fascinating insight into a little-known aspect of Modern Britain, and I can't wait to read more of DI Zigic and DS Ferreira in future books

Long Way Home is a truly exceptional debut crime novel, a perceptive, smart and harrowing look at modern England. Written with great skill, confidence and originality, it feels like a game-changer for twenty-first century British crime fiction

Long Way Home gave me that tingle of excitement that only happens rarely, the feeling I got when I first read George Pelecanos and Dennis Lehane - the combination of brilliant writing, a thrilling plot and social heart. I genuinely think it's one of the best debuts I've ever read

Eva Dolan is the real deal. Plenty of contemporary British crime writers claim to write about the real world but in Dolan's brave, brilliant debut she nails it completely. The Daily Mail will hate it. I loved it.

A pacy, twisty, compelling and addictive crime thriller - but it's so much more besides. For me, the best experiences in literature are those that take you somewhere you don't know; to people and places you have never encountered. I was hoping for a rattling good page-turner. I wasn't expecting anything quite so profound

Eva Dolan’s stunning novel is a gritty and unflinching look into a seedy, violent world that most of us would rather pretend never existed. In DI Zigic and DS Fereira, Dolan has created two authentic and intriguing characters

Crisp and intelligent writing, strong characters, a great mystery and an engaging style. From the first page, I knew I was in safe hands

An assured and compelling debut that brings multi-cultural Britain vividly to life. I feel I know Zigic and Ferreira, the protagonists of this terrific novel, and look forward to their next outing. I hope I don’t have to wait too long

The start of a major new crime series from a CWA Debut Dagger shortlisted author featuring a detective duo from the Peterborough Hate Crimes Unit.

Prize winning potential: Eva Dolan was shortlisted for the CWA Debut Dagger for unpublished writers when she was just a teenager, and Long Way Home is a brilliantly written crime debut

The first in a major new series from an author who plans to deliver a book a year

This is Harvill Secker's first UK based detective series to stand alongside translated series from authors such as Jo Nesbo, Henning Mankell, Fred Vargas and Arnaldur Indridason. Expect extensive review coverage

Brilliantly written, this is a novel that explores issues as much as it tells a page-turning story - perfect for crime fans who want books with depth and strong characterisation

Highly promotable young author. Eva has a crime fiction blog - http://loiteringwithintent.wordpress.com/ - and is already well known within the crime community

After years of publishing Scandinavian crime fiction in the UK, we've sold the rights to this book to Sweden! Modernista also publishes Gillian Flynn and Belinda Bauer in Sweden