History casts a long shadow in this stylish family saga. A soldier wins a Victoria Cross in the Crimean War, only for his marriage to collapse on his return to England.
Carty-Williams follows her debut Queenie, about a black journalist, with a narrative that broadens her range to roam between the viewpoints of five half-siblings fathered by a Jamaican bus driver.
Combining kick-ass fight scenes with trenchant social commentary, this paints a surprisingly tender portrait of the violent life of Hornclaw, a 65-year-old assassin.