Protection - Couverture souple

James, Bill

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0330348949 ISBN 13 : 9780330348942

Editeur : Pan Books, 1996

Synopsis

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.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

When Bernard 'Tenderness' Mellick maims Ivor Wright with a blowtorch, Wright retaliates from his hospital bed by sending his men to kidnap Mellick's 11-year old son. At the same time, a colleague of Harpur's, Hubert Scott, is the subject of an internal investigation. Scott's longterm underworld contact just happens to be 'Tenderness' Mellick, and it is Mellick's plight which gives Scott an idea that if successful, could tie up a number of loose ends and clear him in the eyes of the department. As with all Bill James' novels, there is once again a steadily mounting sense of inevitability as the lives and aspirations of policemen and the criminals they pursue entwine. In the end, it all comes down to protection: who is looking out for whom? And at what cost?

Biographie de l'auteur

Bill James is a former journalist who worked for the Western Mail and South Wales Echo, the Daily Mirror and the Sunday Times. He is the author of the Harpur and Iles crime series, a hidden gem of crime fiction.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Pan Books
• Date d'édition: 1996
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0330348949
• ISBN 13: 9780330348942
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 288
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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