Nick Stone’s first novel, MR. CLARINET, was a critical and commercial success, winning several international awards including, in the UK, the CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger for best thriller of the year, the International Thriller Writers Award for best first novel, and the Macavity Award for best first novel, in the USA, both in 2007. The French translation, TONTON CLARINETTE, won the public-voted SNCF Prix du Polar in 2009. Nick lives in Cambridge.

Books by Nick Stone

The Verdict

by Nick Stone - Fiction, Suspense, Thriller

Terry Flynt is a struggling legal clerk, desperately trying to get promoted. And then he is given the biggest opportunity of his career: to help defend a millionaire accused of murdering a woman in his hotel suite. The only problem is that the accused man, Vernon James, turns out to be not only someone he knows, but someone he loathes. This case could potentially make Terry's career, but how can he defend a former friend who betrayed him so badly?

The King of Swords

by Nick Stone - Fiction, Thriller