Shortlisted for the Prestigious Ned Kelly Award NEW EDITION contains bonus material: four collected short stories + a new story written entirely for this edition. Four days to locate the killer. Four days to take revenge. Four days to find redemption. Jim Harris is a hard-drinking Australian detective on his way to a nervous breakdown. Every day, he works alongside corrupt police and dangerous crooks. That is, until a brutal murder case unravels his career, bringing past indiscretions to light. Alone, afraid and out-of-control, Harris makes a pact with himself: solve the case or die trying. "⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ This is a brilliant book" - READER REVIEW "Iain Ryan is a star and FOUR DAYS is a brutal debut novel that you won't be able to pry yourself away from" -Benoît Lelièvre, DEAD END FOLLIES "Ryan's prose is impressively understated: brisk and razor-sharp throughout, and his knack for nastiness and corruption recalls early James Ellroy. If you are sick of flabby police procedurals this grim novella is a welcome antidote. Make no mistake, Four Days trims away the fat and cuts to the f*cking bone." - Tom Leins , Dirty Books "Four Days is something more than just a formulaic run through of required elements. Written in a sparse, pointed, slightly ironic style it seamlessly folds a quintessentially Australian sensibility and location into a sub-genre that's more synonymous with the mean streets of the US." - Karen Chisholm , AustCrime "Four Days is not for everyone but I recommend it." - Andrew Nette , Pulp Curry "Iain Ryan is a star and FOUR DAYS is a brutal debut novel that you won't be able to pry yourself away from" -Benoît Lelièvre, DEAD END FOLLIES Iain Ryan grew up in the outer suburbs of Brisbane, Australia. He predominantly writes in the hard-boiled/noir genre and his work has been previously published by Akashic Books Online, Crime Factory, Kill Your Darlings and Seizure.