The Long Firm

'Truly fascinating ... Arnott's ability to powerfully resurrect an era is astonishing' (Jimmy Boyle, Guardian )
'One of the smartest, funniest and original novels you will read all year ... Arnott is quite brilliant at excavating the cultural minutiae of the time to bring the period vividly to life' (Independent on Sunday )
'Compulsive reading, powerful writing with an evocative feel for the bleaker side of the Swinging Sixties' (The Times )
‘Gripping ... slumming it doesn’t get much better than this’ (Time Out )
'Jake Arnott has created a gangster story every bit as cool, stylish and venomous as the London in which it is set, an English original as sharp and lethal as a Saville Row lapel' (Independent on Sunday )
'Pulp Fiction so polished as to be immaculate' (New Statesman )
'The powerful, stylish writing hooks the reader from the first page. One of the most impressive first novels I've read in years.' (Mail on Sunday )

He Kills Coppers

'Brilliant ... you won't be able to put it down.' (Mark Sanderson, Sunday Telegraph Summer Reading)
'Many thought that Jake Arnott's debut, 'The Long Firm', was good but not quite as good as the hype tried to convince us it was. Frankly, Hemingway, Hammett and Greene together would have been hard pressed to come up with anything that good. His eagerly awaited follow-up, 'He Kills Coppers', has arrived - and it's better.' (Time Out)
'Compelling ... Arnott is a writer of many shades and, as in his debut, The Long Firm, shows his penchant for combining challenging storylines with strong storytelling.' (Max Davidson, Sunday Telegraph )
'Intoxicating' (Scotland on Sunday)
'Propels Arnott further into a league of his own' (Independent on Sunday)
'Brilliant' (Literary Review)
'Easily as good, if not better, than the superb Long Firm ... A stylish tour-de-force' (Big Issue)

truecrime

'A rollercoaster journey through a landscape most honest, decent people wouldn't know existed . . . sparklingly witty, immensely profound . . . it should be read as a matter of urgency' (Erwin James, Guardian)
'The most expansive, ironical and funny novel of the series' (David Isaacson, Daily Telegraph)
'The popularity of Arnott’s work rests on his fluent, readable style and strong storytelling. While challenging the hype surrounding the genre, he avoids hypocrisy by stopping just short of glamorising his subject matter.' (New Statesman)
'Arnott delivers a beacon-bright satire . . . a literary triumph' (Metro)
'Arnott's satire is right on the money' (Observer)
'Arnott's clever, style-conscious book is brutally authentic, yet at the same time ironically "knowing", with an almost satirical attitude to gangster entertainment and the cult of criminal celebrity. Its total readability consolidates his status as a blue-chip crime writer'. (Sunday Times)
'Arnott has a sharp sense of humour and a real concern for the consequences of crime on his characters and society.' (Daily Telegraph)
'Arnott is both witty and gritty.' (Telegraph)