An art thief hired to steal copies of Hokusai's Great Wave must free an original woodblock print from a radioactive safe left abandoned in the wake of the 2011 Japan tsunami.

Aurélie is a fast-paced, tightly plotted modern noir short story from the author of the novels Shirker, Electric, Heaven and Departure Lounge.

Earlier reviews of Chad Taylor's writing:

• "Smart, original, surprising and just about as cool as a novel can get" – Washington Post

• "Enigmatic noir" – Publishers Weekly

• "Effortlessly cool" – GQ

• "Accomplished noir… clear and uncluttered" –Time Out