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The Detective is Dead

English · Paperback / Softback

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"The detective is dead" because the old process of justice doesn't work any more. No one, including Detective Chief Superintendent Colin Harpur, would testify at the trial; Harpur refused to name his informant. The three murderers who were being tried are part of a savage underworld struggle for the lucrative domain of the late drug baron Kenward Knapp. The story opens as the three assemble at Ralph Embers's seedy club "The Monty" to celebrate their acquittal.

The key player behind the scenes is ambitious drug dealer Keith Vine, now an informant for Harpur. Vine's partners have been murdered and his life is in danger. Harpur wants to send him (and his smart, beautiful, pregnant girlfriend, Becky) safely abroad, while the coldly plotting ACC Desmond Iles wants to keep him here, to serve as bait for the killers. Part pawn, part murderous player himself, reaching hungrily for the Knapp riches, Vine disappears into a labyrinth of fear and greed, twisting through schemes and alliances that very likely will destroy him.

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.

Summary

"A tremendous writer... Where else can you find a mystery series with as many layers of gorgeous stuff?"-Chicago Tribune

Product details

Authors B. James, Bill James
Publisher W. W. Norton & Company
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 01.02.2002
 
EAN 9780393322460
ISBN 978-0-393-32246-0
No. of pages 224
Dimensions 127 mm x 203 mm x 14 mm
Weight 275 g
Series Harpur & Iles Mysteries (Paper
Harpur & Iles Mysteries (Paper
Harpur & Iles Mysteries
Subject Fiction > Suspense

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