Prefecture D William Beverly No Exit Press FF Paperback 2016 the wayward celebrity's Rolls Royce

the wayward celebrity's Rolls Royce Phantom is found abandoned in dingy Becket Street

from the Thames

paralysed in a motorbike accident

When true crime podcaster Harley Granger drifts into Madeline Martin's bookshop days before Christmas

Prefecture D William Beverly No Exit Press FF Paperback 2016 the wayward celebrity's Rolls Royce'Prefecture D' continues Hideo Yokoyama's exploration of the themes of obsession, saving face, office politics and inter departmental conflicts. Placing everyday characters between a rock and a hard place and then dialling up the pressure, he blends and balances the very Japanese with the very accessible, to spectacular effect.