Ash & Bone (Frank Elder Mysteries) - Hardcover

Harvey, John

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0151011397 ISBN 13: 9780151011391

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin, 2005

Synopsis

In the depths of his Cornish hideaway, retired Detective Inspector Frank Elder's solitary life is disturbed by a call from his estranged wife, telling him his seventeen-year-old daughter, Katherine, is running wild, unbalanced by the abduction and rape he feels he should have prevented. Meanwhile, in the heart of London, the takedown of a violent criminal goes badly, and Detective Sergeant Maddy Birch is uneasy about the reasons why, an uneasiness that is compounded when she starts to believe she is being stalked.

Maddy and Frank have a connection, a brief and clumsy encounter years before that has left a trace of lingering regret. In Ash & Bone their lives connect again when a second phone call persuades the unsettled, unhappy Elder out of retirement, only to find that a cold case has a devastating present-day impact.

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Review:

"One of the best crime books you're likely to read this year."-"The Times" "One more vindication for those of us who have long known we've been riding with a master of the craft. John Harvey is lights out one of the best"--Michael Connelly "Harvey once again gets everything right, jangling the nerves and plucking the heart-strings . . . another marvellous read""-Reginald Hill ""Immaculately engineered thriller -- Harvey's book is fast, fluent and exciting, with a pace and assurance that never lets up""-Uterary Review" "From the Paperback edition." "One more vindication for those of us who have long known we've been riding with a master of the craft. John Harvey is lights out one of the best"--Michael Connelly "From the Hardcover edition.

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'One of the best crime books you're likely to read this year' The Times

About this edition

• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0151011397
• ISBN 13: 9780151011391
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 373