Slovo is at her brilliant best, graphically patrolling Kate through streets mean and up-market to a last muted hurray.

THE SUNDAY TIMES

Gritty and headstrong, with a nice line in self-depriciating wit and exposed emotions, Baeier is one of the most appealing feminist heroines around.

THE TIMES

Brilliantly evokes a growing sense of menace.

NEW SOCIETY

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This fast-moving thriller keeps the actions going right until the final pages.

WALES ON SUNDAY

Who knows that Kate Baeier is back in London?Who wants her gone so badly?What is everyone- even her former sleuthing partner- hiding from her?Still raw with grief over the death of Sam, her lover, Kate finds herself the target of inexplicable threats and then violence. Has her last abandoned case- its tendrils of corruption reaching from Hackney to Chelsea- come back to haunt her? Witty, dark and classy, this fast-moving thriller doesn't finish until the devastating truth is hounded down by the unstoppable Kate.
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Kate used to run an investigation agency but is now an international journalist. On her return to England, she is threatened, and she starts to investigate why. From Chelsea to Hackney, King's Cross and Kingston, the trail leads her into the danger zones of the city, both rich and poor.
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Slovo is at her brilliant best, graphically patrolling Kate through streets mean and up-market to a last muted hurray.
Slovo is at her brilliant best, graphically patrolling Kate through streets mean and up-market to a last muted hurray. - THE SUNDAY TIMESGritty and headstrong, with a nice line in self-depriciating wit and exposed emotions, Baeier is one of the most appealing feminist heroines around. - THE TIMESBrilliantly evokes a growing sense of menace. - NEW SOCIETYThis fast-moving thriller keeps the actions going right until the final pages. - WALES ON SUNDAY
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781853818158
Publisert
1995
Utgiver
Vendor
Virago Press Ltd
Høyde
198 mm
Bredde
126 mm
Dybde
16 mm
Aldersnivå
00, G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
288

Forfatter

Om bidragsyterne

Gillian Slovo was born in South Africa in 1952 and came to England in 1964. She lives in London with her partner and daughter and writes full time. She is the author of numerous novels, including three featuring Detective Kate Baeier.