Fallen Idols: Everyone would kill for their fifteen minutes of fame... - Softcover

White, Neil

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9780007267361: Fallen Idols: Everyone would kill for their fifteen minutes of fame...

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0007267363 ISBN 13: 9780007267361

Publisher: Avon, 2007

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Everyone would kill for their fifteen minutes of fame...

A Premiership footballer is shot dead in cold blood on a busy London street, and a country is gripped by terror. Who is behind this apparently motiveless killing – and who’s next in the firing line?

Jack Garrett is determined to find out. A small-time journalist who's left behind his Lancashire roots for the glitz and glamour – and seediness and squalor – of the capital, he's convinced this is no celebrity stalker. What's the symbolism of the Celtic chain left at the scene of the crime – and why does it nag at his memory?

Aided and abetted by DCI Laura McGanity, desperately trying to juggle police life with motherhood and her feelings for Jack, the trail takes them back to Jack's home town of Turner's Fold – and his past.

What's the connection between the recent assassination and the murder of a young girl ten years before? Could it be that people are not all they seem – and will do anything for their 15 minutes of fame?

Conspiracy, revenge and the high price of fame all combine in this stunning debut from a dazzling new voice in crime fiction

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Review:

‘Fallen Idols has been hailed as a stunning debut’.

The Blackpool Gazette

‘Fallen Idols...has all the hallmarks of a great read for crime-thriller fans with celebrity killings, conspiracies, revenge and even a hint of romance’.

The Weekly News

’... a whirlwind of a novel...a serious contender to match the giants of the crime fiction world’

Crimesquad.com

From the Publisher:

* The launch of an exceptional new voice in crime fiction.

* A timely and topical thriller which looks at our obsession with celebrity
and fame.

* Neil White is a Prosecutor for the Crown Prosecution Service in the North
of England and uses his vast knowledge and expertise within books.

* Introducing series characters DC Laura McGanity and freelance reporter
Jack Garrett.

* Perfect for fans of Mark Billingham and Val McDermid, plus viewers of
Wire in the Blood, Messiah and Waking the Dead

* Regional and national publicity and marketing campaign.

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