I liked this book a lot. It was interesting and funny, clever and violent. I hardly put it down. I liked the good guys and I disliked the bad guys, which is how it's meant to be, right? I thought the mystery was different and there were a million twists. You'd think it would make it hard to follow, but it didn't, it just made it even more gripping. It's like the underdog book of the year.
Seventeen year old Finn 'Crusher' Maguire lives at home with his Dad in London. As the typical school drop-out, he works in a greasy fast-food restaurant earning minimal wage and has a criminal record for dealing. But when he goes home to find his Dad murdered, and all his life work stolen, he discovers that the police are useless and that he will have to become the detective if he wants to clear his name.

If that means breaking into one of the most dangerous man in the country's house, and risking everything he has, then bring it on. There is literally nothing stopping Finn, even a gigantic car crusher, but you'll find out about that later.
I would recommend this to people that don't mind a bit of gore, and like detective stories or books about gangsters and police. I really liked this book, but I would say that it's for 13+. I give it 4 out of 5.

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