

Indeed, Nate and Polly McClusky’s exploits are referenced more than once in the novel though neither character actually appears.

The Last King of California shares the same meth-fuelled, white power gang world of She Rides Shotgun. Weirdly, The Last King of California is published only in the UK and the second novel, Everybody Knows, due in January, only has an American publisher. We certainly didn’t expect to have to wait five years for a follow up, so when not one, but two, new novels were announced, we thought the crime fiction gods were truly smiling upon us. His 2017 debut, She Rides Shotgun (A Lesson In Violence in the UK), picked up a prestigious Edgar Award and we awarded it five stars as well as interviewing the author. To say anticipation was high for the latest novel by Jordan Harper would be something of an understatement.
