Gospel (Vol. Book 9) (Harpur & Iles Mysteries) - Brossura

James, Bill

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0393317811 ISBN 13: 9780393317817

Casa editrice: W. W. Norton & Company, 1998

Riassunto

"James's police procedurals are second to none. . . . An entertaining and provocative addition to an impressive series."? Booklist At nineteen years old, Colin Harpur's girlfriend Denise Prior knows little about criminals, and even less about the law. When Denise drifts into the social circle of Harpur's number-one informant Jack Lamb, and one of the criminals is shot to death during a robbery, Denise's life is suddenly in danger and Harpur must solve a new crime-before it happens.

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L'autore

Bill James has been called "the Elmore Leonard of Britain's underworld" (Kirkus Reviews) and has been named a "Master of Crime" in a mystery roundup by the London Sunday Times, which said, "There is nothing else quite like this series of police procedurals. James is concerned with the dilemmas and difficulties of policing Britain's inner cities, and he addresses these in hard-edged narratives that leave readers gasping and flinching, praying the people in these stories never come to live in their streets." In addition to the Harpur and Iles series, James is the author of other mystery series and a book on Anthony Powell. He lives in Wales.

Product Description

Detective Chief Superintendent Colin Harpur is a shrewd observer of the greed, pride, and lust that motivate the criminals he pursues - and sometimes the cops he works with, too. His own vulnerable spot is occupied right now by a pretty and endearing college student with whom he is spending very pleasant afternoons. But when Denise drifts into the social circle of Jack Lamb, Harpur's wealthy and powerful underworld informant, and one of the crooks the police are pursuing is shot to death during a robbery, Denise suddenly becomes the pawn in a frightening game of revenge. With a cast including the cowardly and scheming Ralph Ember (a would-be pillar of the community) and the pompous, often cuckolded Assistant Chief Constable Desmond Iles, Gospel is a suspenseful, mordantly humorous story of driving ambitions on opposite sides of the law.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: W. W. Norton & Company
• Data di pubblicazione: 1998
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0393317811
• ISBN 13: 9780393317817
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 208
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile