Blood and Honey (DI Joe Faraday) - Softcover

Hurley, Graham

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0752878018 ISBN 13: 9780752878010

Publisher: Orion Publishing, 2007

Synopsis

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 owner—an ex-soldier with a violent temper—gives 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's beginning to look as if time is running out...The sixth novel in this highly praised series of police procedurals—and the best yet.

About this title

About the Author:

Graham Hurley is an award-winning TV documentary maker who now writes full time. He lived in Portsmouth for 20 years. He is married and has grown up children.

Review:

'Hurley's decent, persistent cop is cementing his reputation as one of Britain's most credible official sleuths... a brilliantly depicted microcosm of contemporary Britain. His investigations are realistic and authoritative... a sterling demonstration of the way crime writing can target society's woes.' -- GUARDIAN Maxim Jakubowski 'Excellent... Another first rate thriller from a writer who is firmly up there with the best' -- SUNDAY TELEGRAPH Susanna Yager '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... As always Hurley has pulled off the trick of filling his pages with downbeat, depressing details and making them into an upbeat enjoyable read.' LITERARY REVIEW 'Blood and Honey shows why Graham Hurley is at the forefront of British crime writers... [he] again proves himself a champion of the genre' WATERSTONES BOOKS QUARTERLY 'Graham Hurley is a safe pair of hands at delivering slightly grungy, atmospheric crime novels and is here true to form.' SPECTATOR 'extremely realistic and very convincing' CRIMESQUAD.COM 'A riveting read, with two intense storylines and more than an injection of human trials and tribulations to make it more than just a crime book. 10/10' PETERBOROUGH EVENING TELEGRAPH 'a brilliantly depicted microcosm of contemporary Britain... realistic and authoritative... a sterling demonstration of the way crime writing can target society's woes.' -- GUARDIAN '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...' LITERARY REVIEW 'A Southern crime writer every bit as good as his Scottish counterpart [Ian Rankin]' PUBLISHING NEWS

About this edition

• Publisher: Orion Publishing
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0752878018
• ISBN 13: 9780752878010
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 320