Inheritance - Couverture rigide

Baker, Keith

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0747218277 ISBN 13 : 9780747218272

Editeur : Headline Book Publishing, 1996

Synopsis

A debut thriller set in a Northern Ireland where the Troubles have been over for twenty years. When a retired RUC officer is blown up in a gas explosion in his caravan, his son inherits a key to the past, and as he uncovers the truth about his father's death, he stumbles across a conspiracy of daring and awesome greed.

A propos du livre

Revue de presse

Breathtaking...if you read no other thriller this year, buy this one (IRISH TIMES)

ENGRAM: 'Redolent of Highsmith, this is a taut, well-orchestrated piece' The Times
'Vivid and frightening...an intelligent thriller' The Times Literary Supplement

Keith Baker's debut thriller, Inheritance, was a WH Smith Fresh Talent selection and received rave reviews:
'Breathtaking...if you read no other thriller this year, buy this one' Irish Times
'So good it's hard to believe it's a first novel' Ted Allbeury
'Move aside Jack Higgins, here comes Keith Baker' Tribune Magazine
'As Keith Baker constructs a tangled plot shot through with vengeance and politics, he remains firmly in control, deftly moving his thriller toward its dramatic conclusion' New York Times
'Gripping debut novel' Express on Sunday
'A boisterous fast-paced adventure' Financial Times

So good it's hard to believe it's a first novel (Ted Allbeury)

Gripping debut novel (EXPRESS ON SUNDAY)

'A gripping thriller...Baker's characters are frighteningly credible and the cliffhanger chapter endings ensure you are burning the midnight oil until the heart-stopping conclusion' Manchester Evening News [Reckoning]

A boisterous fast-paced adventure (FINANCIAL TIMES)

As Keith Baker constructs a tangled plot shot through with vengeance and politics, he remains firmly in control, deftly moving his thriller toward its dramatic conclusion (NEW YORK TIMES)

Move aside Jack Higgins, here comes Keith Baker (TRIBUNE MAGAZINE)

Présentation de l'éditeur

The troubles in Northern Ireland have been over for twenty years, but for Jack McCallan they are just beginning.

Inheritance is a timely and electrifying thriller of political violence by a veteran newsman who has covered Northern Ireland for years. When Bob McCallan, a retired policeman from the Northern Irish force, is suddenly killed in a gas explosion, he leaves his son, Jack, an unexpected fortune. But with this legacy comes a key to a deadly past, one which many would rather forget.

If you want my advice, don't do anything. Let it drop, Jacks' father's best friend advised. He was whispering as if someone might be listening. "Go about your life as if this hadn't happened. You don't need to know any more than you know now. You're a wealthy young man with a great future. Leave the past where it is."

As Jack probes his father's life and death, he finds himself on a twisting, perilous path that started twenty years before and leads to a surprising, shocking conclusion. An engrossing thriller that never lets up, Inheritance marks the debut of a brilliant storyteller with a bright future ahead.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Headline Book Publishing
• Date d'édition: 1996
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0747218277
• ISBN 13: 9780747218272
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 280
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible