Sharon Wheeler, Reviewing the Evidence (crime blog)
One of my outstanding books of 2008 - Lewis's BAD TRAFFIC is an absolutely exceptional novel which had me mesmerised.
Waterstones Books Quarterly. No 69
A smart-paced, thoroughly entertaining crime-thriller, laced with black humour.
Marcel Berlins, The Sunday Times
An impressive novel set in a milieu hitherto unused in crime fiction.
Sarah Broadhurst, The Bookseller
I simply loved this tough, fast-paced, violent tale of revenge and illegal immigrant exploitation.
Barry Forshaw, author, The Rough Guide to Crime Fiction
Rarely has the 'fish-out-of-water' detective theme been handled with such panache.
Sharon Wheeler. Reviewing the Evidence Website.
"One of my outstanding books of 2008, Lewis' BAD TRAFFIC is an absolutely exceptional novel which had me mesmerised."
Author Matt Thorne
"Simon Lewis is the most exciting and original new voice in crime since Ian Rankin."
Product Description
'THIS MAN HAVE COME FROM CHINA TO FIND HIS DAUGHTER WHO HAVE SOME TROUBLE. HE DO NOT SPEAK ENGLISH'Inspector Jian is a Chinese cop from the Siberian border who thinks he's seen it all. But his search for his missing daughter brings him to the meanest streets he's ever faced – in rural England. Migrant worker East Wind is distressed – his gangmaster's making demands, he owes a lot of money to the snakeheads and no one will tell him where his wife has been taken. Maybe England isn't the 'gold mountain' he was promised... Two desperate men, uneasy allies in a baffling foreign land, are pitted against a band of ruthless criminals... there's BAD TRAFFIC ahead.
From the Publisher
Shortlisted for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize 2009
From the Back Cover
Inspector Jian is a Chinese cop from the Siberian borders who thinks he's seen it all. But his search for his missing daughter brings him to the meanest streets he's ever faced - in rural England.
Migrant worker Ding Ming is distressed - his gangmaster's making demands, he owes a lot of money to the snakeheads and no one will tell him where his wife has been taken. Maybe England isn't the `gold mountain' he was promised.....
Two desperate men, uneasy allies in a baffling foreign land, are pitted against a band of ruthless criminals. There's BAD TRAFFIC ahead.
About the Author
Simon Lewis was born in Wales in 1971. His first novel GO (1999) was published by a small press and then picked up by Corgi. It sold more than 40,000 copies and led Simon into work as a film screenwriter. A fluent Mandarin speaker, he has also co-authored the Rough Guide to China. Simon chose to set his debut crime fiction among the exploited Chinese workers smuggled into Britain. He currently lives in Brixton and Shanghai. Praise for Simon Lewis’s “Go” "Drags you halfway around the world and expects you to keep up —but you are happy to do it." The Observer "South London gunplay and backpacker slack, jet trash characters and gold-dust prose—Simon Lewis mixes it all up with style." Toby Litt "On the first page of Go, you realise you are in for a good read. Lewis blends the pace and disposable wit of Elmore Leonard with Alan Bennettish realism in a satisfyingly rounded plot. A highly accomplished and enjoyable novel." The Times
