Henry seemed to have it all. A successful business career, considerable wealth, and a reputation for being a principled man. But public virtues can conceal private failings, and as Henry faces retirement, his well-ordered life begins to unravel.
Velvet was the Night is an explosive combination of such classic '70s thrillers as Three Days of the Condor and contemporary Mexican noir like Yuri Herrera's celebrated Signs Preceding the End of the World, by the internationally bestselling author of Mexican Gothic.
Historical crime novel set against the vibrant atmosphere of the London Docks in the late 18th century; the first in a series starring former naval officer Tom Pascoe.
A prescient book that looks at how we have, over the centuries, inflicted oppression on others for our own advantage over history, right up to the present day.