Long Time Waiting
Published on 31. August 2010
Book
Hardback
224 pages
978-0-7090-9106-6 (ISBN)
Description
Ridiculed and nicknamed 'Agatha' by her colleagues for her Marplelike approach to a crime scene, novice detective Pippa Adams could not be having a worse start to her career at Penbury CID. Then teacher Carl Brock is discovered stabbed to death in a country lane on a hot June morning and his wife is found chained to a chair at their home. Pippa's superiors are getting nowhere with the case, stalled by false leads and growing ever more frustrated. As she takes it upon herself to uncover the truth, Pippa is led into a sinister world of drugs and cold revenge...
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
The Crowood Press Ltd
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-7090-9106-6 (9780709091066)
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Person
Rachel Sargeant was born in Lincolnshire. She studied at University College Wales in Aberystwyth and pursued a career as a librarian before relocating to Germany to train as a teacher. She took up writing when her children were young and has gone on to enjoy success in short story competitions and has been published in women's magazines. Long Time Waiting is Rachel Sargeant's debut novel. She currently lives in Germany with her husband and two children.