"The metropolis is a site of endless making and unmaking. From the attempt to imagine a city-symphony to the cinematic tradition that runs from Walter Ruttmann to Terence Davies, "Restless Cities" traces the idiosyncratic character of the metropolitan city from the nineteenth century to the twenty-first-century megalopolis. With explorations of phenomena including nightwalking, urbicide, property, commuting and recycling, this wide-rangi ..."
Robinson by ChrisPetit 400 Pages, Published 2017 by Simon And Schuster ISBN-13: 978-1-4711-6205-3, ISBN: 1-4711-6205-2
"Will Robinson let Christo get out alive? ‘One of the most interesting London novels since the war’ Waterstone’s Guide to London Writing ‘Stylistically and thematically, the book owes a great deal to Ballard, with. . . a soupçon of ..."
Mr Wolf by ChrisPetit Hardcover, 400 Pages, Published 2019 by Simon & Schuster Uk ISBN-13: 978-1-4711-7143-7, ISBN: 1-4711-7143-4
"The new novel from the author of the highly acclaimed The Butchers of Berlin Praise for Chris Petit: 'No denying the book's power' Nick Rennison, Sunday Times ‘The real skill of this rigorous, disturbing novel lies in the way Petit steadily and unsensationally allows his protagonists to discover the full horror of the hellhole they are in’ Guardian 'One of Britain's most visionary writers' David Peace 'Powerful evocation of a city livin ..."
Pale Horse Riding by ChrisPetit Paperback, 400 Pages, Published 2018 by Simon & Schuster ISBN-13: 978-1-4711-4847-7, ISBN: 1-4711-4847-5
"'No denying the book's power' Nick Rennison, Sunday Times `The real skill of this rigorous, disturbing novel lies in the way Petit steadily and unsensationally allows his protagonists to discover the full horror of the hellhole they are in' Guardian 'One of Britain's most visionary writers' David Peace From the author of the highly acclaimed The Butchers of Berlin comes a devastating, haunting and brilliant follow up. . . By 1943 Auschw ..."
Back from the Dead by ChrisPetit 400 Pages, Published 2017 by Simon And Schuster ISBN-13: 978-1-4711-6204-6, ISBN: 1-4711-6204-4
"As Youselli starts to investigate the case, he enters a world of drugs, parties, a shady characters and starts to wonder, is Leah really dead after all. . . ? ‘Youselli quickly realizes that finding the answer is not just a race to save ..."
Pale Horse Riding [ an Unread First Edition First Impression] by ChrisPetit Hardcover, 416 Pages, Published 2017 by Simon & Schuster Uk ISBN-13: 978-1-4711-4344-1, ISBN: 1-4711-4344-9
Pale Horse Riding (Paperback) by ChrisPetit Paperback, 400 Pages, Published 2017 by Simon Schuster Ltd, United Kingdom ISBN-13: 978-1-4711-4345-8, ISBN: 1-4711-4345-7
"Praise for Chris Petit: 'Powerful evocation of a city living in terror' Sunday Times Crime Club 'Ambitious, darkly atmospheric' The Times 'Hugely impressive and highly readab≤ in the tradition of Thomas Harris's The Silence of the Lambs' ..."
The Butchers of Berlin by ChrisPetit Paperback, 496 Pages, Published 2017 by Simon & Schuster Ltd ISBN-13: 978-1-4711-6183-4, ISBN: 1-4711-6183-8
"Berlin 1943. August Schlegel lives in a world full of questions with no easy answers. Why is he being called out on a homicide case when he works in financial crimes? Why did the old Jewish soldier with an Iron Cross shoot the block warden in the eye then put a bullet through his own head? Why does Schlegel persist with the case when no one cares because the Jews are all being shipped out anyway? And why should Eiko Morgen, wearing the ..."
The Butchers of Berlin (Paperback) by ChrisPetit Paperback, 496 Pages, Published 2017 by Simon & Schuster Uk ISBN-13: 978-1-4711-4343-4, ISBN: 1-4711-4343-0
"Praise for Chris Petit's previous novels: 'Hugely impressive and highly readab≤ in the tradition of Thomas Harris's The Silence of the Lambs' Financial Times 'Ferocious invention marks this novel out as special' The Edge 'Ambitious and ..."
The Passenger by ChrisPetit 400 Pages, Published 2017 by Simon And Schuster ISBN-13: 978-1-4711-6203-9, ISBN: 1-4711-6203-6
"Chris Petit weaves an extraordinary story of conspiracy and intrigue in this brilliant novel about the Lockerbie bombing. ?‘?An impressive tour-de-force of historical, political and criminal skullduggery, a kaleidoscopic collage of ..."
"Praise for Chris Petit: 'Powerful evocation of a city living in terror' Sunday Times Crime Club 'Ambitious, darkly atmospheric' The Times 'Hugely impressive and highly readable; in the tradition of Thomas Harris's The Silence of the Lambs' ..."
The Butchers of Berlin by ChrisPetit 496 Pages, Published 2016 by Simon And Schuster ISBN-13: 978-1-4711-4342-7, ISBN: 1-4711-4342-2
"‘Conjuring a wartime Berlin where atrocities get lost against a ground of escalating Holocaust and crumbling rationales, Chris Petit’s nerve-wracking S.S. procedural nurses a dread that penetrates right to the marrow' Alan Moore Berlin ..."
The Butchers of Berlin by ChrisPetit Hardcover, 496 Pages, Published 2016 by Simon & Schuster Ltd ISBN-13: 978-1-4711-4340-3, ISBN: 1-4711-4340-6
"For fans of Robert Harris, David Peace and Joseph Kanon - a taut, gripping and darkly menacing novel set in wartime Berlin. 'Powerful evocation of a city living in terror' Sunday Times Crime Club 'Ambitious, darkly atmospheric' The Times Berlin 1943. August Schlegel lives in a world full of questions with no easy answers. Why is he being called out on a homicide case when he works in financial crimes? Why did the old Jewish soldier with ..."
The Psalm Killer Picador Classic by ChrisPetit 646 Pages, Published 2011 by Pan Macmillan ISBN-13: 978-1-4472-1770-1, ISBN: 1-4472-1770-5
"Set in Belfast in the mid-1980s. Detective Inspector Cross gets involved in a pattern of death that grows ever more intricate with each executed murder committed by the Psalm Killer."
Back From The Dead by ChrisPetit 352 Pages, Published 2011 by Pan Macmillan ISBN-13: 978-1-4472-1025-2, ISBN: 1-4472-1025-5
The Human Pool by ChrisPetit Paperback, 352 Pages, Published 2007 by Atria Books ISBN-13: 978-1-4165-7503-0, ISBN: 1-4165-7503-0
"An epic and hauntingly topical geopolitical thriller spanning six decades and three continents, The Human Pool confirms the journalist and award-winning filmmaker Chris Petit as the heir to John le Carré and Robert Harris.THE HUMAN POOLRumors about Willi Schmidt's actions during the Second World War were enigmatic, to say the least. He worked for U.S. Intelligence out of Switzerland; he cut black-market deals on the side; he rescued sco ..."