Selling Grace
Published on 3. November 2003
Book
Paperback/Softback
480 pages
978-0-00-710027-9 (ISBN)
Description
Killer blonde PI Grace Cornish returns in the follow-up to Simon Shaw's psychological chiller Killing Grace
Grace is in trouble. She's always had a cavalier attitude towards legal nicities, and when her inquiries demand a spot of breaking-and-entering, she doesn't hesitate. But when she's caught on a security camera and her old nemesis from her police days gets ready to throw the book at her, it looks as if this time she's overstepped the mark.
Out of the blue, her ex-flame Bob rings up to offer his help, but there's a catch. Working for a hush-hush anti-narcotics unit, Bob's been targeting an elusive money-launderer, and from an intercepted phonecall now knows he'll be in London the following weekend. He doesn't know where, though, but he does know who his man's meeting: a playboy and professional gambler with a taste for fast cars and loose women. The gambler always calls the same escort agency when he's in town and Bob's boys have put the screws on the owner so that the next girl he gets sent will be working undercover. Which is where Grace comes in.
All she has to do is sell her body for one night and her impending court case could disappear, is that too much to ask? But as usual with Grace, things are never that simple, and soon she's in far deeper than she bargained for.
Grace is in trouble. She's always had a cavalier attitude towards legal nicities, and when her inquiries demand a spot of breaking-and-entering, she doesn't hesitate. But when she's caught on a security camera and her old nemesis from her police days gets ready to throw the book at her, it looks as if this time she's overstepped the mark.
Out of the blue, her ex-flame Bob rings up to offer his help, but there's a catch. Working for a hush-hush anti-narcotics unit, Bob's been targeting an elusive money-launderer, and from an intercepted phonecall now knows he'll be in London the following weekend. He doesn't know where, though, but he does know who his man's meeting: a playboy and professional gambler with a taste for fast cars and loose women. The gambler always calls the same escort agency when he's in town and Bob's boys have put the screws on the owner so that the next girl he gets sent will be working undercover. Which is where Grace comes in.
All she has to do is sell her body for one night and her impending court case could disappear, is that too much to ask? But as usual with Grace, things are never that simple, and soon she's in far deeper than she bargained for.
Reviews / Votes
Praise for Killing Grace:'Occasionally in a thriller something so exciting happens at the very start that the hairs on your nape rise in fear. That's the way it is in Killing Grace... you won't put this down' Maeve Binchy, Mail on Sunday
'A fascinating battle of wits between a clever, cold-blooded killer and a private detective determined to prove his guilt' Susanna Yager, Sunday Telegraph
'This psychological chiller will have you guessing till the end... . A real page turner by a talented young British crime writer' Scotsman
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
HarperCollins Publishers
Product notice
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Paperback (UK-A)
Dimensions
Height: 178 mm
Width: 111 mm
Thickness: 30 mm
Weight
328 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-00-710027-9 (9780007100279)
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Person
Simon Shaw studied at Cambridge University and the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. He worked as an actor until the publication of his first novel, Murder Out of Tune, in 1988, since when he has concentrated mostly on writing and journalism. Selling Grace is his ninth novel. He is an assistant editor of The Week and is a regular book reviewer for The Mail on Sunday.