Synopses & Reviews
A reissue of the sixth novel in this highly acclaimed series of police procedurals The discovery of a headless corpse in the sea beneath the cliffs is a grim beginning for Detective Inspector Joe Farraday's latest investigation on the Isle of Wight. Identifying the body proves impossible, but the disappearance of a young delivery driver who's fallen foul of a local nursing-home owneran ex-soldier with a violent tempergives the team an important lead. Meanwhile, Detective Constable Winter's life lurches from crisis to crisis as he becomes involved with a beautiful young prostitute at the center of an investigation of a powerful local businessman. Winter's problems are further compounded by a series of vicious and debilitating migraines, the implications of which are alarming. For Winter, it is beginning to look as if time is running out.
Review
"No police procedural conveys a more authentic-seeming picture of what modern British policing's really like than Graham Hurley's excellent series . . . another first-rate thriller from a writer who is firmly up there with the best." Sunday Telegraph
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"One of Britain's most credible official sleuths, crisscrossing the mean streets of a city that is a brilliantly depicted microcosm of contemporary Britain. His investigations are realistic and authoritative, perhaps as a result of Hurley's background in documentary films . . . a sterling demonstration of the way crime writing can target society's woes." Guardian
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"There is no doubt that his series of police procedural novels is one of the best since the genre was invented more than half a century ago." The Literary Review
Synopsis
The sixth Joe Faraday novel from a writer at 'the forefront of British crime writing' INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY]
The discovery of a headless corpse on the rocks below the cliffs on the Isle of Wight is only the beginning of a journey for DI Joe Faraday. It's a journey which takes him right to the heart of the grim trade in human cargo from the crippled societies of the Balkans. From cheap labour to prostitution, Portsmouth, like every other city in the UK is home to untold human misery; a black economy built on illegal immigration. Joe Faraday is determined to find the real criminals that lie behind the tabloid hysteria.
DC Paul Winter on the other hand is determined only to find a way out of the disciplinary action that threatens his entire career. A burgeoning relationship with a young prostitute isn't exactly helping his cause. And for Winter, it's beginning to look as if time is running out...
About the Author
Graham Hurley is an award-winning TV documentary maker who now writes full time. His sixth Faraday and Winter novel, Blood and Honey, was short-listed for the Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award.