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In a new mystery from the best-selling author, DC Sharon Mayfield is on routine surveillance when she spots a dead man in a car. The car's locks are sealed with superglue and Claude Huddart's face has been mutilated. As with most murders, there is a puzzle to be solved, but the pieces don't fit. Why is informant Jeremy Dince--if that is his real name--being so helpful? And there's just something that doesn't feel right about the grieving Alice Huddart.
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Detective Constable Sharon Mayfield is on routine surveillance when she spots, outside his house, a dead man in a car. The locks had been sealed with superglue and Claude Huddart's face has been mutilated. As with most murders, there's a jigsaw puzzle to be solved. But here the pieces don't fit. Why is an informant, Jeremy Dince, if that is his real name, being almost exceptionally polite and helpful? And there's just something that doesn't feel right about the grieving Alice Huddart.For Sharon, pub and clubs remain the best potential source of information where an over-the-top and aged Ronald Blenny attempts to pick her up on the pretext of sharing some information about the killing. Then there's the younger and more sinister Philip Otton, acquaintance of the bereaved Alice, and known to both Blenny and Dince.Sharon cannot fathom why she is being warned off and cannot work out the connection between the protagonists until her police officer boyfriend Luke drops strange hints about the case and about her commanding officers.The climax is swift, shocking and unexpected. Once again, Bill James has drawn a fiercely believable picture of police on the beat and the struggles they face.
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- EditoreSevern House Pub Ltd
- Data di pubblicazione2008
- ISBN 10 0727866915
- ISBN 13 9780727866912
- RilegaturaCopertina rigida
- Numero di pagine215
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Descrizione libro hardcover. Condizione: new. Severn House 2009 UK hardcover 1st edition 1st printing new book in illustrated boards as issued - We have traded for 20+ yearsIn stock shipped from our UK warehouse Each Book is in a protective clear bag, well packaged and normally sent out within 24. Codice articolo 36856
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Descrizione libro hardcover. Condizione: new. Product Description A new mystery from this bestselling author DC Sharon Mayfield is on routine surveillance when she spots a dead man in a car The cars locks are sealed with superglue and Claude Huddarts face has been mutilated As with most murders theres a puzzle to be solved but the pieces dont fit Why is informant Jeremy Dince if thats his real name being so helpful And theres just something that doesnt feel right about the grieving Alice Huddart From Publishers Weekly At the start of this runofthemill contemporary police procedural from British veteran James best known for his Harpur and Iles series Easy Streets etc Det Constable Sharon Mayfield spots the horribly disfigured corpse of Claude Huddart in a parked car Suspecting that Huddart was a police informant the ambitious young officer hopes to use this information to advance her career Before long Mayfield begins to wonder whether her superiors in the force may be involved in Huddarts death James often renders his heroines thoughts as numbered bullet points a device that some will find more distracting than edifying In addition the lazy shorthand the characters sometimes speak Spying can be thought of as an odious trade yet think of Alec Guinness inSmileys People on DVD can be offputting The main plot which centers on official corruption is nothing new and a lead whos more Bridget Jones than Insp Jane Tennison doesnt bode well for any sequelsMarCopyright Reed Business Information a division of Reed Elsevier Inc All rights reserved From Booklist Detective Constable Sharon Mayfield a not particularly likable personhas already been passed over for the fasttrack cop course but she is determined to get aheadOn her way to a routine callshe comes upon a gruesome and bizarre sight a man is slumped over the wheel of his car his face carved to ribbons and the doors of the carglued shut Sharon thinks this case could be her big break but she is quickly sidelined by her boss So she decides to investigate on her own She soon learns that the victim was a fixer for the local drug gangs and looks for leads in bars and clubs Veteran James departs here from his acclaimed Bill Slider series but his trademark terse style taut and sinister plotting dark humor and flawed characters are still very much in evidence Engaging reading for mystery fans who like their crime stories gritty realistic and unsettling Emily Melton About the Author Bill James has been called the Elmore Leonard of Britains 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 Britains inner cities and he addresses these in hardedged 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. Codice articolo DADAX0727866915
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