Simon Ings

Painkillers (Bloomsbury Paperbacks) (2001)

The Weight of Numbers (2007)

While the style is smooth and polished, the plot is rough, ambiguous and unfinished, or so it seems. Not to be recommended for amateurs of mystery and suspense —well, not quite true, I am an amateur of mystery and suspense— let's just say it isn't at all what you'd expect from the blurb.This a c...