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A new mystery from this bestselling author - DC Sharon Mayfield is on routine surveillance when she spots a dead man in a car. The cars locks are sealed with superglue and Claude Huddarts face has been mutilated. As with most murders, theres a puzzle to be solved, but the pieces dont fit. Why is informant Jeremy Dince if thats his real name being so helpful? And theres just something that doesnt feel right about the grieving Alice Huddart . . .
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"This story has considerable appeal, for the plot itself as well as for the bone-dry wit." Booklist on Between Lives 'Cleverly constructed, masterfully written novel, which will grip readers from first page to unexpected end' Booklist Starred Review on Double Jeopardy. 'Readers will be riveted form page one by this brilliant and thoroughly entertaining mix of horror and thriller.' Booklist Starred Review on Letters from Carthage. 'James is probably the most undervalued Brit writing crime fiction today' Kirkus"
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Detective Constable Sharon Mayfield is on routine surveillance when she spots, outside his house, a dead man in a car. The locks had been sealed with superglue and Claude Huddart's face has been mutilated. As with most murders, there's a jigsaw puzzle to be solved. But here the pieces don't fit. Why is an informant, Jeremy Dince, if that is his real name, being almost exceptionally polite and helpful? And there's just something that doesn't feel right about the grieving Alice Huddart.For Sharon, pub and clubs remain the best potential source of information where an over-the-top and aged Ronald Blenny attempts to pick her up on the pretext of sharing some information about the killing. Then there's the younger and more sinister Philip Otton, acquaintance of the bereaved Alice, and known to both Blenny and Dince.Sharon cannot fathom why she is being warned off and cannot work out the connection between the protagonists until her police officer boyfriend Luke drops strange hints about the case and about her commanding officers.The climax is swift, shocking and unexpected. Once again, Bill James has drawn a fiercely believable picture of police on the beat and the struggles they face.
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- PublisherSevern House Publishers Ltd
- Publication date2008
- ISBN 10 0727866915
- ISBN 13 9780727866912
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages224
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Product Description A new mystery from this bestselling author - DC Sharon Mayfield is on routine surveillance when she spots a dead man in a car. The cars locks are sealed with superglue and Claude Huddarts face has been mutilated. As with most murders, theres a puzzle to be solved, but the pieces dont fit. Why is informant Jeremy Dince if thats his real name being so helpful? And theres just something that doesnt feel right about the grieving Alice Huddart . . . From Publishers Weekly At the start of this run-of-the-mill contemporary police procedural from British veteran James, best known for his Harpur and Iles series (Easy Streets, etc.), Det. Constable Sharon Mayfield spots the horribly disfigured corpse of Claude Huddart in a parked car. Suspecting that Huddart was a police informant, the ambitious young officer hopes to use this information to advance her career. Before long, Mayfield begins to wonder whether her superiors in the force may be involved in Huddart's death. James often renders his heroine's thoughts as numbered bullet points, a device that some will find more distracting than edifying. In addition, the lazy shorthand the characters sometimes speak (Spying can be thought of as an odious trade, yet think of Alec Guinness inSmiley's People on DVD) can be off-putting. The main plot, which centers on official corruption, is nothing new, and a lead who's more Bridget Jones than Insp. Jane Tennison doesn't bode well for any sequels.(Mar.)Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. From Booklist Detective Constable Sharon Mayfield, a not particularly likable person, has already been passed over for the fast-track cop course, but she is determined to get ahead. On her way to a routine call, she comes upon a gruesome and bizarre sight: a man is slumped over the wheel of his car, his face carved to ribbons, and the doors of the car glued shut. Sharon thinks this case could be her big break, but she is quickly sidelined by her boss. So she decides to investigate on her own. She soon learns that the victim was a fixer for the local drug gangs and looks for leads in bars and clubs. Veteran James departs here from his acclaimed Bill Slider series, but his trademark terse style, taut and sinister plotting, dark humor, and flawed characters are still very much in evidence. Engaging reading for mystery fans who like their crime stories gritty, realistic, and unsettling. --Emily Melton About the Author 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. Seller Inventory # SONG0727866915
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