{"product_id":"white-riot","title":"White Riot","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Joe Thomas brilliantly recaptures an ugly episode in our recent past. Lest we forget . . .'' Val McDermid\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''A timely, powerful and gorgeously readable novel that represents everything that is good and important about the crime fiction genre'' \u003ci\u003eIrish Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e1978: \u003c\/b\u003eThe National Front is gaining ground in Hackney. To counter  their influence, anti-fascist groups launch the Carnival Against Racism  in Victoria Park. Observing the event is Detective Constable Patrick  Noble, charged with investigating racist attacks in the area and running  Spycops in both far-right and left wing groups. As Noble''s superiors  are drawn further into political meddling, he''s inveigled into a plot  against the embattled Labour government as the Winter of Discontent begins to bite.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e1983\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e:\u003c\/b\u003e  Under a disciplinary cloud after a Spycops op ended in tragedy, Noble is  offered a reprieve by an old mentor. He is dispatched in the early  hours to Stoke Newington police station, where a young black man has  died in suspicious circumstances. This is Thatcher''s Britain now, a new  world that Noble unwittingly helped to usher in, where racial  tensions are weaponised by those in power. His investigation will expose the dark heart of a nation at war with itself.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Gripping'' \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Enthralling'' \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''A propulsive crime novel''\u003ci\u003e Guardian\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e''One of our very best contemporary crime writers'' David Peace\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57394277646718,"sku":"NW9781529423396","price":10.77,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781529423396.jpg?v=1778667908","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/white-riot","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}