The Girl with the Long Back
A Harpur & Iles Mystery
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2004
WW Norton & Co (Verlag)
978-0-393-05855-0 (ISBN)
WW Norton & Co (Verlag)
978-0-393-05855-0 (ISBN)
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Harpur and Iles are back on the scene, and this time the danger is even closer to home.
With the rumored transfer of Chief of Police Mark Lane, London's competitive drug lords are on edge. In the past, Desmond Iles has managed to maintain the peace on the streets in an old-fashioned system of give a little, take a little. But with a dangerous mix of greed and fear, the looming threat of a stricter police force, and three sudden deaths, all sides are preparing themselves for a full-scale battle of the ugliest kind. A deliciously witty addition to a classic series, The Girl with the Long Back heightens the urgency and pace of the tantalizing London underworld in which cops and criminals, and all of their clever asides, are sketched in fantastic detail.
With the rumored transfer of Chief of Police Mark Lane, London's competitive drug lords are on edge. In the past, Desmond Iles has managed to maintain the peace on the streets in an old-fashioned system of give a little, take a little. But with a dangerous mix of greed and fear, the looming threat of a stricter police force, and three sudden deaths, all sides are preparing themselves for a full-scale battle of the ugliest kind. A deliciously witty addition to a classic series, The Girl with the Long Back heightens the urgency and pace of the tantalizing London underworld in which cops and criminals, and all of their clever asides, are sketched in fantastic detail.
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.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 30.3.2004 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Harpur & Iles Mysteries ; 20 |
| Verlagsort | New York |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 147 x 218 mm |
| Gewicht | 380 g |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Krimi / Thriller / Horror |
| ISBN-10 | 0-393-05855-7 / 0393058557 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-393-05855-0 / 9780393058550 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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