Churchyard and Hawke - Couverture souple

Thompson, E. V.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0709088701 ISBN 13 : 9780709088707

Editeur : Robert Hale Ltd, 2011

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur :

E.V. Thompson was born in London, After spending nine years in the Royal Navy, he served as a Vice Squad policeman in Bristol, became an investigator for British Overseas Airways (during which he was seconded to the Hong Kong Police Narcotics Bureau), then headed Rhodesia's Department of Civil Aviation Security Section. While in Rhodesia, he published over two hundred short stories before moving back to England to become a full-time award-winning writer. His first novel, Chase the Wind, the opening book in the Retallick saga, won the Best Historical Novel Award, and since then more than thirty novels have won him thousands of admirers around the world.

Présentation de l'éditeur :

After taking a serious beating whilst engaged in unofficial undercover work in London's 19th century slums, Constable Tom Churchyard takes himself to Cornwall. Here, in spite of his injuries he becomes right-hand man to Amos Hawke, now a senior Cornish policeman. His knowledge of the London rogues proves invaluable as Amos seeks to foil a gang of city thieves. Then a brutal murder is committed during their investigations. Churchyard and Hawke is an exciting and insightful novel of the years when the Cornwall Constabulary was in its infancy.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Robert Hale Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0709088701
• ISBN 13: 9780709088707
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 272