Biographical note

SALES POINTSHighly acclaimed for his York-based Sam Turner series, John Baker strikes out on a different tack with The Chinese Girl - different, but equally brilliant A TV series for the Sam Turner novels is currently in development, and all John Baker's novels have received first-class reviews: 'John Baker brings altogether more heart, invention and wit to the business of adaptingthe tough-guy novel to the realities of contemporary Britain' Independent onSunday 'Engagingly credible, off-the-wall, romantic without being sentimental, a sharp sense of humour ... a great cast of characters I look forward to meeting again' Val McDermid'Absorbing and well-written with an exciting finale' Evening Standard'Strong, dark and discursive . . .Baker has added something