‘Makes the capital as eerie as Le Carré’s Berlin or Larsson’s Stockholm’ – Evening Standard

‘London's coolest cop’ (Daily Mail) - Belsey is contemporary London's detective. As dissolute as the contemporary city, and as desperate for thrills.

'A twisting spiral of lies and corruption, a pitch-perfect portrait of contemporary London and a beguiling bastard of a hero.' - Val McDermid

Praise for the The Hollow Man:

The story works as a thriller but it's also a very entertaining read, all the more because the locations are so precisely described. It gives a new meaning to the expression 'Hampstead novel' - Literary Review

With a seasoned author's skill and a cabbie's encyclopedic knowledge of London's every nook and cranny, debut novelist Oliver Harris tells a pacy tale firmly rooted in the credit-crunched modern world. A blistering start to a promising new crime series - Shortlist

This is an astonishingly good first novel. Its plot is original, its dialogue lively, and in DC Belsey- the man who can't make up his mind whether he's a corrupt slacker or a dedicated detective and seems cursed to be both at once- it has a protagonist who truly stands out from the crowd - Morning Star

You could draw up a lengthy charge sheet of coincidences and implausibilities against Harris' debut novel, but you may be happier turning a blind eye as he is so generous with the thrills, spills and fine writing. - Daily Telegraph

A plot that twists and turns like the back streets of Kentish Town: this is a cracker of a debut by local boy Oliver Harris - Camden New Journal

Grittily specific on London, its denizens and its interlopers, this debut is the first of a series, and, if its climax - a Stansted Airport spectacular - is anything to go by, worth keeping an eye on - Time Out

Fast and furious - Times Literary Supplement

A sharp, slick and relentless thriller, Oliver Harris's debut also casually, brilliantly skewers the capital, from the seediest of South London boozers to the 'heritage plumpness' of Hampstead itselfA sharp, slick and relentless thriller, Oliver Harris's debut also casually, brilliantly skewers the capital, from the seediest of South London boozers to the 'heritage plumpness' of Hampstead itself - The Lady

I am engrossed in Oliver Harris's The Hollow Man, which is sublimely rude about the capital and extremely well written - Evening Standard

Belsey doesn't so much as bend the rule of law in his search for the tycoon as belt it repeatedly with a blunt instrument until it breaks. You can imagine Rhys Ifans playing him in the TV adaption, of which there will surely be one - Shortlist "summer crime roundup"

An unmistakeable portrait of the dark side of modern London - H&H Series

Credible and relentlessly fast-paced, this is an outstanding start - Daily Mail

[Belsey has] got to be London's coolest cop... Harris has plundered London's underworld for his richly plotted and unusual detective series.... It's heady stuff - Daily Mail

The Hollow Man is another great debut novel you cannot afford to miss! - CrimeSquad