Ash & Bone: A Frank Elder Mystery (Frank Elder Mysteries) - Softcover

Harvey Winner Of The Crime Writer's Association Diamond Dagger Award, Professor Department Of Aeronautics John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0156032848 ISBN 13: 9780156032841

Publisher: William Morrow & Company, 2006

Synopsis

In the depths of his Cornish hideaway, retired Detective Inspector Frank Elder's solitary life is disturbed by a call from his ex-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 had a brief and clumsy encounter years before. In Ash & Bone their lives connect again when a second phone call persuades Elder out of retirement, only to find that a cold case has a devastating present-day impact.

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Product Description:

When the take-down of a violent criminal goes badly wrong, something doesn't feel right to Detective Sergeant Maddy Birch. And her uneasiness is compounded by her belief that someone is following her home. Retired Detective Inspector Frank Elder's daughter, Katherine, is running wild. Elder's fears for his daughter are underscored by guilt - it was his involvement in a case that led directly to the abduction and rape which has so unbalanced Katherine's life. Persuaded out of retirement, Elder reopens a cold case which could have devastating repercussions for the crime squad itself. Elder's investigations take place against the backdrop of his increasing concern for his daughter. He must battle his own demons before he can uncover the truth.

Review:

PRAISE FOR ASH & BONE

"Harvey's detectives . . . are the real deal--strong men who are sensitive enough to empathize with other people. Even people who happen to be women . . . In Elder, he has given them a champion who really does feel their pain."--The New York Times Book Review

"Relentlessly hard-core. And that's a good thing."--New York Daily News

About this edition

• Publisher: William Morrow & Company
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0156032848
• ISBN 13: 9780156032841
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 384