Fourth in the series featuring investigative journalist Lindsay Gordon. When union leader Tom Jack falls to his death from her bedroom window after a spectacularly public row with Lindsay, it seems the only way to prove her innocence is to find the real culprit.
Leaving her new home in California for a trade union conference in Sheffield, Lindsay Gordon finds herself in the company of old friends - and enemies, including Tom Jack. When this unethical union leader is found dead, having catapulted out of Lindsay's tenth-floor hotel room, she is taken in for questioning by the police.
Hoping to clear her name by finding the real killer, Lindsay searches among hundreds of unruly union delegates for a murderer who may have struck once before. Along the way she uncovers a seething cauldron of blackmail, corruption and abuse of power, all brought to the boil by her investigation.
Rezensionen / Stimmen
'Neatly constructed and splendidly sarcastic about the circus of union politics' Daily Telegraph
'Tough, exciting, moody and unpredictable' The Times
'Full of bitchery and backbiting, excellently done' Literary Review
Praise for Val McDermid:
'Val McDermid is an inspiration' Herald
'A well-pitched and topical mystery' Sunday Times
'McDermid's snappy, often comic, prose keeps the story humming' Publishers Weekly
'The real mistress of psychological gripping thrillers; no one can plot or tell a story like she can' Daily Express
'The Queen of Crime reigns' Independent
'McDermid remains unrivalled ... Brilliant' Observer
'With the deaths of PD James and Ruth Rendell, Val McDermid is the obvious successor as Britain's Queen of Crime. For me, she has already held that title for many years' The Times
'McDermid still writes with the telltale verve that's won her the accolade queen of psychological thrillers' Guardian
'No one rivals Val McDermid's skill at writing truly terrifying thrillers' GoodHousekeeping
'McDermid has created a complex and prickly detective. The relationship intertwines a realistic romance with a solid detective story' Washington Times
'[She is] fresh and funny with a sparkling sense of time and place' Literary Review
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Höhe: 198 mm
Breite: 129 mm
Dicke: 20 mm
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978-0-00-875798-4 (9780008757984)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Val McDermid grew up in a Scottish mining community and then read English at Oxford. She was a journalist for sixteen years, spending the last three as Northern Bureau Chief of a national Sunday tabloid. She is now a full-time writer and divides her time between Cheshire and Northumberland.
