Underworld boss Bernie "Tenderness" Mellick is certainly paying a heavy price for maiming Ivor Wright with a blowlamp. For Wright's men have now kidnapped his eleven-year-old son Graham. Senior policemen Colin Harpur and Desmond Iles see their chance to nail a ruthless, sadistic villain.
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'In his steely, unforgiving style, Mr James has written another sobering morality tale' (New York Times Book Review)
Praise for Bill James:
Masterly... there is nothing else quite like this series... all delivered in a ferociously poetic voice that is uniquely Bill James.
The fourth in the brilliant Harpur & Iles series from the crime writer's crime writer, Bill James.
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Seller: Le-Livre, SABLONS, France
Couverture souple. Condition: bon. RO60076942: 1996. In-12. Broché. Bon état, Couv. légèrement passée, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 281 pages. 2e plat légèrement abîmé (surface). . . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon. Seller Inventory # RO60076942