Dead Man's Wharf: An Inspector Andy Horton Mystery: An Inspector Andy Horton Crime Novel (4) - Brossura

Rowson, Pauline

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ISBN 10: 0955098254 ISBN 13: 9780955098253

Casa editrice: Fathom, 2011

Riassunto

Horton and Cantelli are called to a nursing home where an elderly resident, suffering from dementia, claims she's been attacked by an intruder. Horton is ready to dismiss it as senile ramblings until he discovers that her room-mate has died, the dead woman's belongings are missing and her son, convicted for armed robbery, has been found dead in his cell. As if this isn't enough, Horton also has to deal with a series of threatening telephone calls to a television personality, and a mother's conviction that her son's death on Christmas Eve was no accident. Soon, to his surprise, Horton finds he is caught up in a complex investigation that has far-reaching international implications. With the pressure on to find a killer, and hampered by his belief that his bosses are lying to him, Horton discovers that he's stepped into a web of intrigue, deception and corruption that stretches back into the past.

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Recensione:

Rowson turns out an exemplary procedural with the requisite plot twists, double-crosses and all loose ends tied up neatly in a sailor's knot. --Kirkus

Andy Horton is an especially good series hero, a likeable fellow with plenty of street smarts and the requisite personal baggage an abrasive supervisor and an antagonistic soon to be exwife. Procedural fans who haven't already read Rowson should be encouraged to do so in the strongest possible terms. --Booklist

As Inspector Andy Horton uncovers fact after fact concerning the mysterious deaths at a nursing home, the scope of the crimes only seems to grow. Griffin makes us feel the pain and terror of hidden violence. It's a moving portrayal. --AudioFile Magazine e

L'autore:

Pauline Rowson is the author of the contemporary mystery crime novels featuring the flawed and rugged DI Andy Horton whose patch is Portsmouth CID. Her crime novels are highly acclaimed in the USA where they have been likened to the novels of Ed McBain and Joseph Wambaugh and their British counterparts John Harvey and Peter Robinson. In the UK they have been hailed as the 'Best of British Crime Fiction,' 'exemplary procedurals,' 'an entertaining read in an engaging series.'She is also the author of two fast-paced, thrillers one of which is the award winning In Cold Daylight which was voted by the public as one of the top ten best reads for World Book Day. Her books have an international readership and have been translated into several languages.

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• Editore: Fathom
• Data di pubblicazione: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0955098254
• ISBN 13: 9780955098253
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 240