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Books by Chris Petit






Restless Cities
by Matthew Beaumont, Gregory Dart, Contributor-Marshall Berman, Contributor-Iain Borden, Contributor-Kasia Boddy, Contributor-Patrick Keiller, Contributor-Esther Leslie, Contributor-Geoff Dyer, Contributor-Michael Newton, Contributor-Rachel Bowlby, Contributor-Chris Petit, Contributor-Iain Sinclair, Contributor-Michael Sayeau, Contributor-David Trotter, Contributor-Michael Sheringham, Mark W. Turner
Paperback, 352 Pages, Published 2010 by Verso
ISBN-13: 978-1-84467-405-3, ISBN: 1-84467-405-3

"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 Chris Petit
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 Chris Petit
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 ..."






The Psalm Killer
by Chris Petit
Counterpack - Empty
ISBN-13: 978-0-449-00290-2, ISBN: 0-449-00290-X






Back from the Dead
by Chris Petit
Published by Pan Books
ISBN-13: 978-1-74328-011-9, ISBN: 1-74328-011-4






Pale Horse Riding
by Chris Petit
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 Chris Petit
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 Chris Petit
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 Chris Petit
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 Chris Petit
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 Chris Petit
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 Chris Petit
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 ..."






Making Friends with the Beast
by Chris Petit
400 Pages, Published 2017 by Simon And Schuster
ISBN-13: 978-1-4711-4846-0, ISBN: 1-4711-4846-7

"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 readable; in the tradition of Thomas Harris's The Silence of the Lambs' ..."






The Butchers of Berlin
by Chris Petit
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 Chris Petit
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 Chris Petit
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 Chris Petit
352 Pages, Published 2011 by Pan Macmillan
ISBN-13: 978-1-4472-1025-2, ISBN: 1-4472-1025-5

"'Did you close my eyes?"






AURORA 2008
The Infinite Measure
by Adam Pugh, Iain Sinclair, Henriette Huldisch, Chris Petit, Robert Beavers, Mark Webber, Thomas Beard, Patrick Bokanowski, Binna Choi, George Clark
Hardcover, 150 Pages, Published 2008 by Aurora
ISBN-13: 978-0-9553822-2-2, ISBN: 0-9553822-2-X






The Human Pool
by Chris Petit
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 ..."






Back from the Dead
by Chris Petit
Published 2004
ISBN-13: 978-0-7434-4567-2, ISBN: 0-7434-4567-8



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