The Adversary - Hardcover

Walters, Michael

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1847240593 ISBN 13: 9781847240590

Publisher: Quercus, 2007

Synopsis

In Ulan Baatar, a high-profile criminal prosecution collapses as police evidence is revealed to have been faked. The female judge, Radnaa, throws out the case and the defendant, Muunokhoi, a wealthy and influential businessman with suspected links to organised crime, walks free. Meanwhile, on the Mongolian steppes, the police discover the body of a woman who has been tortured before being killed. Nergui is assigned to conduct an internal enquiry into Muunokhoi's failed prosecution, while Doripalam has to deal with both a major murder investigation and suspected corruption in his own team. Tunjin, an alcoholic and overweight member of the Serious Crimes Unit, is suspended, accused of forging evidence in an attempt to secure Muunokhoi's prosecution. Cut adrift from the police, he realises that Muunokhoi's men are pursuing him, determined to exact revenge. He flees to the industrial ruins of the city, knowing it is only a matter of time before he is discovered. As Doripalam faces gunfire in the northern mountains, Nergui is attacked and Judge Radnaa is kidnapped. Meanwhile Tunjin decides to take matters into his own hands. And, as Nergui frantically tries to put together the pieces of this jigsaw, he begins to realise that Muunokhoi's influence is more malign and far-reaching than he could ever have suspected.

About this title

About the Author

Michael Walters has worked in the oil industry, broadcasting and banking. Over the last decade, he has worked as a management consultant across the world, in environments ranging from parliaments to prisons. When not travelling, he lives in Manchester with his wife and three children. The Shadow Walker is his first novel.

From the Back Cover

The Shadow Walker:
"Compulsive reading ... richly enjoyable. I look forward to another bloodthirsty visit with Nergui" Independent
"Nergui and Doripalam form a great team and deserve to be a permanent ornament to the crime scene. Mongolia needs them" Shots Magazine
"An intriguing police procedural ... a formidable sleuth ... a complex mystery. It's a promising debut" Sunday Telegraph
"Walters ably brings his uncommon setting to teeming life" Guardian

From the Inside Flap

For more than twenty years a hidden hand has ruled the backstreets of Ulan Baatar, but now Muunokhoi, the once untouchable head of Mongolia's largest and most powerful criminal empire, has finally been caught.
It should be the Serious Crime Team's finest hour. But nothing is ever that simple in the new Mongolia.
Ineptitude and petty corruption have dogged the department for years, but when Muunokhoi's trial starts to collapse, Nergui and Doripalam - the ex-head of the Team and his one-time protege - are forced to acknowledge that something truly rotten lies at the heart of the organization they have dedicated their lives to. With the crime lord's acquittal impending and his revenge a cold certainty, Nergui and Doripalam are not even sure they can trust each other.
In The Adversary, Michael Walters returns to the industrial ruins of Ulan Baatar and the bleak emptiness of the Mongolian steppes in a tense battle between a master criminal and the men determined to bring him to justice.

Edition details

• Publisher: Quercus
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1847240593
• ISBN 13: 9781847240590
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 324