You will find these words at the end of the acknowledgements in A Dark Redemption:
‘And last, but certainly not least, the readers who’ve kept with me over all these years … thank you.’
Back in 2004, Penguin’s Michael Joseph published Sherez’s very well-received crime debut The Devil’s Playground. But a writing career can be a bumpy road and Sherez’s editor left for Australia. We didn’t see him again until a further standalone novel in 2009, this time with Faber & Faber, The Black Monastery. For those who have kept with him ‘over all these years’, it’s worth the wait. Kicking off the start of a new series, A Dark Redemption has to be his breakthrough novel. If you seek something a little different to the familiar in your crime reading you will find it here. It’s an intelligent and superb read. Continue reading
