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Sharman's ninth finds him asked to clear an unfairly convicted man's name Nick Sharman stumbles home with two exotic dancers, Sandi and Mandi (aka Tracey and Dawn), which is fun for him until he gets a phone call from the past that ruins everything. Sailor Grant has just been released from prison, doing hard time for a crime he didn't commit. A police officer's daughter had been found raped and murdered. Someone had to be found, so Sailor Grant the local sex offender was sent down. Sharman always had his doubts, but that part of his life is over. Sailor keeps phoning and wants Sharman to help get justice, Nick tells him to leave him alone. The next day Sailor is dead and has left Sharman a note. The coppers Millar and Collier invite him to read the note, and then they beat him half to death. Lying in hospital, Nick realizes that he must solve it before those close to him are killed. So with a little help from his friends Charlie, Chas, and Monkey (a burglar, who can break into anything), Sharman must find the truth about the events from his past.
A propos de l'auteur
Mark Timlinis the author of more than 30 novels, including
All the Empty Places,
Answers from the Grave,
Guns of Brixton, and
Stay Another Day, as well as
Gangsters' Wives and
Lipstick Killers under the pseudonym Lee Martin. His Nick Sharman novels were made into a television series starring Clive Owen.
Résumé
When a police officer's daughter was found raped and murdered, Sailor Grant, the local nonce, was sent down. Sharman always had his doubts, but that part of his life is over. Now, Sailor is out of prison and keeps phoning Sharman to help him get justice, but Nick wants to be left alone. When Sailor is found dead and Sharman is half...