Thought for the Day - Brossura

Armstrong, David

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ISBN 10: 0006510353 ISBN 13: 9780006510352

Casa editrice: HarperCollins, 1998

Riassunto

‘Armstrong breaks fresh ground with each new novel. None of his contemporaries seem more sure-footed... British crime writing is on a roll at the moment and this is about as good as it gets’ Literary Review

Detective Frank Kavanagh has been transferred to London following a nervous breakdown. A complex man traumatised by his recent hunt for a serial killer and his own private grief at the desertion of his wife, he is regarded with suspicion by his new chiefs. So when he is assigned to a case of abduction, Kavanagh knows his reputation is on the line.

The kidnapping, though, takes a sinister and confusing turn. Is it an inside job? The act of a lone madman as opposed to professionals? Kavanagh’s unorthodox ideas get him into trouble with his colleagues, but a macabre discovery in the remote Staffordshire countryside seems to bear him out. His pursuit eventually builds to a heart-stopping climax on the shores of Lake Como, and to a no-less shattering personal revelation for Kavanagh himself.

David Armstrong’s powerful new novel has all the dark passion and wrought intensity of a classic film-noir, and will further establish his reputation as one of our most original and powerful contemporary crime writers.

Su questo libro

Recensione:

‘Quite brilliant’
Sunday Times

‘A tale of crime and punishment that Zola wouldn’t disown’
Literary Review

L'autore:

David Armstrong was born in Birmingham in 1946. After leaving school at fifteen, he worked as a salesman, building labourer and lorry-driver, and sold books to the British Forces in Germany. In 1974, after taking an English degree at the University of Wales, Cardiff, he began teaching at a college of further education in Shropshire. He has two grown-up children and lives in the Welsh Borders. Thought for the Day is his fourth novel.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: HarperCollins
• Data di pubblicazione: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0006510353
• ISBN 13: 9780006510352
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 192