Darkness & Light - Rilegato

Harvey, John

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 0151011338 ISBN 13: 9780151011339

Casa editrice: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2006

Riassunto

Former cop Frank Elder is once more drawn out of retirement by a phone call from his ex-wife, this time asking him to look into the disappearance of her friend Jennie's older, widowed sister Claire in Nottingham. Elder reluctantly agrees to return to the city where his family disintegrated.

Elder soon uncovers sexual secrets of Claire's that take Jennie by surprise. But when Claire is found dead at home--unmarked and carefully dressed--it is Elder who is surprised by the similarities to an old case. To solve this riddle, Elder will have to repartner with another person from his past, Detective Inspector Maureen Prior, and delve into several suspects' own traumatic histories.

In a case in which neither memories, confessions, nor instincts can be trusted, Elder struggles with the weight of the past and Harvey delivers another psychologically trenchant page-turner.

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Recensione:

UK PRAISE FOR ASH & BONE
"One of the best crime books you're likely to read this year."
-THE TIMES (London)

"Harvey's book is fast, fluent and exciting, with a pace and assurance that never lets up. It's like hearing a fine jazz musician hitting the right tune, in the right key and at the right tempo."
-THE LITERARY REVIEW

L'autore:

John Harvey is the author of the richly praised Charlie Resnick novels, the first of which, Lonely Hearts, was named by the Times (London) as one of the 100 Best Crime Novels
of the Century. His novels featuring Frank Elder include Flesh & Blood, which won the British Crime Writers' Association Silver Dagger Award and a 2005 Barry Award, and Ash & Bone. Harvey lives in Great Britain.

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• Editore: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
• Data di pubblicazione: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0151011338
• ISBN 13: 9780151011339
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 350