The Forgotten Murders - Hardcover

Wainwright, John William

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0312010303 ISBN 13: 9780312010300

Publisher: St Martins Pr, 1987

Synopsis

A cynical police thriller about how capital crimes can be covered up

About this title

From Publishers Weekly:

Constable Parker is just winding up a peaceful shift at two a.m. on the Yorkshire moors when a riderless horse crashes out of the dark. The horse's owner, Anthea Cossitter, turns up dead with a knife through her ribs. The next day a helicopter is bombed out of the sky over Lessford, the district capital, and suddenly the local bobbies have more than they can handle. Not the least of their problems is the intrusion into their midst of a couple of flashy heroes from Scotland Yard. Then Whitehall clamps down on the investigation, leaving the local cops biting their nails: the Government is the other enemy, they learn. Wainwright's clean prose, sympathetic characterizations (especially of the policemen) and devious plotting make his latest police procedural (after The Tenth Interview) a real pleasure.
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: St Martins Pr
• Publication date: 1987
• ISBN 10: 0312010303
• ISBN 13: 9780312010300
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 174