A North Tyneside author's debut novel was named among the best new crime fiction to read in May by The Times ahead of its release on Thursday.
Cullercoats writer Daniel James' debut novel The Unauthorised Biography of Ezra Maas was named alongside 1970s Glasgow gangster novel May God Forgive by Alan Parks and The Times' crime book of the month Dear Little Corpses by Nicola Upson. Described as a biography crossed with a novel, the novel is centred around journalist's search for the truth about the famously reclusive missing British artist Ezra Maas.
Originally debuting in 2018 and nominated for the Guardian's Not The Booker prize, it has been republished with new content including original artworks, photographs, newspaper clippings, letter, handwritten notes and illustrations with the aim of putting the reader in the role of detective. The disappearance of the enigmatic artist at the heart of the story, who was a contemporary of Andy Warhol, is still regarded as one of the art world's biggest mysteries.
