The first novel
BotlekRotterdamTank terminalClaim €31,000,000

The Permit

An Alexandre Sarraf Investigation

Not yet. Here is what it is, and I will tell you the day it exists.

A tank terminal in the Botlek, Rotterdam. One fatality, ruled accidental by the Dutch labour inspectorate.

The paperwork is immaculate. Every box ticked, every signature present and legible. Everything tested, verified, and signed by a shift supervisor who, according to the terminal's own turnstile records, had not entered the site in eleven weeks.

In fourteen years, nobody has ever hired Alexandre Sarraf to find out what happened. They hire him to find out what it costs.

The Permit is finished and with a proofreader. There is no pre-order. You will hear when the book exists and not before.

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You read The Standby. One of those five failures did not belong in the chain. If you worked it out before Sarraf did, I would like to know how many of you there were. Write to hello@norabexley.com.

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