Night Train Av Martin Amis

<p><b>A sharp twist on the noir genre from one of England¿s finest fiction writers</b><br><br>''I worked one hundred murders,'' says Detective Mike Hoolihan, an American policewoman. ''In my time I have come in on the aftermath of maybe a thousand suspicious deaths, most of which turned out to be suicides, accidentals or plain unattendeds. So I''ve seen them all: jumpers, stumpers, dumpers, dunkers, bleeders, floaters, poppers, bursters. But of all the bodies I have ever seen none has stayed with me, in my gut, like the body of Jennifer Rockwell. I say all this because I am part of the story I am going to tell, and I feel the need to give you some idea of where I''m coming from.'' <br><br><i>Night Train</i> is a mystery story which lingers in the reader''s mind even after Mike Hoolihan declares the case closed.<br><br><b>¿Tough, noir, Chandleresque¿ <i>Independent</i></b><br><b><br> ¿<i>Night Train</i> is both delicate and bruising - a long drawn-out blue note. The book hangs around in