Smith, A: Only The Dance

Only The Dance is set against a backdrop of high-end cocaine dealing in Bristol and gang violence in the East End of London. It is the thirteenth novel by the celebrated author and playwright ACH Smith. Charley is a happy-go-lucky chancer surviving on odd jobs. After a casual encounter at a racecourse he becomes a courier for Elira Richardson’s luxury food delivery business. He quickly realises that the boxes of Beluga caviar conceal a far more valuable commodity. When free-spirited Charlotte McFinn enters Charley’s life the sub-plot of a golf course murder begins to weave its way into the narrative, leaving him ever more uncertain about what he has got into. Only The Dance is a fast-paced thriller which captures the intrigue, greed and ultimately the chilling brutality of the cocaine racket …