Shooting Star - Couverture souple

Temple, Peter

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1921351381 ISBN 13 : 9781921351389

Editeur : Text Pub Co, 2014

Synopsis

THE AWARD-WINNING CLASSIC FROM THE WINNER OF THE 2007 DUNCAN LAWRIE DAGGER Anne Carson: fifteen, beautiful, wayward. Abducted. The rich Carsons have closed ranks and summoned Frank Calder, retired police negotiator, subject to strict instructions. This is not the first kidnapping in the Carson family and hard lessons have been learned. But are the two events connected? And is greed the motivation? Revenge? Or could it be something else? To find out, Frank Calder must go beyond his brief. And his every step into the darkness may end a girl's life. A tense, involving crime novel with all the hallmarks of classic Peter Temple: sharp dialogue, vivid characters and a crackerjack plot.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Anne Carson: fifteen, beautiful, wayward. Abducted. Her rich family has closed ranks and summoned Frank Calder, ex-soldier and sacked police hostage negotiator. They want him to deliver the ransom money to the kidnappers. Frank wants them to call in the law, but the family refuses, since police bungling nearly cost the life of another Carson child kidnapped years before. But are the two kidnappings connected? And is greed the motivation? Revenge? Or could it be something else? To find out, Frank Calder must go beyond his brief. As Frank feverishly searches for suspects in the web of Carson family businesses and deals, marriages and indiscretions, rivalries and intrigues, he knows that if his instincts are wrong, the girl will surely die.

Biographie de l'auteur

Five-time winner of the Ned Kelly Award for Crime Fiction, Peter Temple is Australia's most acclaimed crime and thriller writer. He is the author of four Jack Irish novels and has also written four standalone novels: An Iron Rose (1998), Shooting Star (1999), In the Evil Day (2002) and The Broken Shore (2006), winner of the CWA Gold Dagger for Crime Fiction in 2007. His most recent novel, Truth, won the 2010 Miles Franklin award. Peter lives in Ballarat, Australia with his family.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Text Pub Co
• Date d'édition: 2014
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1921351381
• ISBN 13: 9781921351389
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 232
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible