Black Rat Books
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Indie publisher of crime fiction. Gritty tales from the underground.
Stench: The Axe in The Head Murder by G.M. BARDEN released Jan 2026
Stench: The Axe in The Head Murder by G.M. BARDEN released Jan 2026
“Stench is a literary Molotov cocktail – blistering, paranoid, and all too plausible….”
Fantastic review by Londonopia.
londonopia.co.uk/stench-by-g-...
Fantastic review by Londonopia.
londonopia.co.uk/stench-by-g-...
Stench by G.M. Barden: Book Review
South East London at the end of the 1980s was a place where money moved faster than truth. Stench, G.M. Barden’s ferocious debut, returns to that moment with a cold eye and a clenched fist, ch…
londonopia.co.uk
December 13, 2025 at 6:24 PM
“Stench is a literary Molotov cocktail – blistering, paranoid, and all too plausible….”
Fantastic review by Londonopia.
londonopia.co.uk/stench-by-g-...
Fantastic review by Londonopia.
londonopia.co.uk/stench-by-g-...
Black Rat Books are excited to announce the forthcoming release of STENCH: The Axe in The Head Murder by G.M BARDEN.
Inspired by true events, Stench is the startling crime debut from the new voice of Brit noir.
Out: January 1st 2026
Inspired by true events, Stench is the startling crime debut from the new voice of Brit noir.
Out: January 1st 2026
November 27, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Black Rat Books are excited to announce the forthcoming release of STENCH: The Axe in The Head Murder by G.M BARDEN.
Inspired by true events, Stench is the startling crime debut from the new voice of Brit noir.
Out: January 1st 2026
Inspired by true events, Stench is the startling crime debut from the new voice of Brit noir.
Out: January 1st 2026
Black Rat Books is a fiercely independent London press publishing fiction from the underside of modern Britain. Gritty but literary, we champion writers who dig beneath the surface sheen of modern Britain to expose what festers beneath.
November 25, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Black Rat Books is a fiercely independent London press publishing fiction from the underside of modern Britain. Gritty but literary, we champion writers who dig beneath the surface sheen of modern Britain to expose what festers beneath.