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Impolitic Corpses

Johnston, Paul
Innbundet / 2020 / Engelsk

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781780291505
Publisert
2020-12-29
Utgiver
Vendor
Severn House
Vekt
505 gr
Høyde
225 mm
Bredde
148 mm
Dybde
36 mm
Aldersnivå
00, G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
384

Forfatter
Johnston, Paul

Om bidragsyterne

Born and brought up in Edinburgh, Paul Johnston studied in his home city, and at Oxford and St Andrews. As well as the Quint Dalrymple novels, he is the author of the Alex Mavros and Matt Wells crime series. He is a lecturer in creative writing at Liverpool Hope University.

Impolitic Corpses

Johnston, Paul
Innbundet / 2020 / Engelsk
Johnston, Paul
Innbundet / 2020 / Engelsk
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<i>Exceptional . The plot twists frequently, building up to a jaw-dropping climax. Series followers and newbies alike will be hooked</i>

<b>Publishers Weekly Starred Review</b>

<i>Excellent ... As the stakes rise, Johnston keeps the logical twists coming while making his dystopian future plausible</i>

<b>Publishers Weekly</b> on <b>Skeleton Blues</b>

Johnston's nightmarish Edinburgh is so densely imagined that it'll linger in the memory

<b>Kirkus Reviews</b> on <b>Skeleton Blues</b>

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<i>Entertaining and educational ... Johnston's books occupy a unique spot in the mystery canon, but Quint is a familiar character, dogged and committed to his work, similar to V. I. Warshawski or Elvis Cole</i>

<b>Library Journal Starred Review</b> of <b>Heads or Hearts</b>

<i>Johnston skilfully fleshes out his despotic future, making it easy for readers to buy into his imagined world</i>

<b>Publishers Weekly</b> on <b>Heads or Hearts</b>

Quint Dalrymple investigates the strange disappearance of the Lord of the Isles in this gripping dystopian thriller.November, 2038. Scotland has been reunified and Edinburgh's thirty-year experiment with supposedly benevolent totalitarianism is over. But there's still plenty of work for ex-investigator Quint Dalrymple, who's looking into an attempted strangling in Leith. A young man has been attacked by an assailant wearing a bizarre tree-fish costume.Before Quint can make headway, he is asked by the head of government to look into the strange disappearance of the Lord of the Isles. How could Angus Macdonald, leader of the opposition, have vanished from inside his locked bedroom while his valet was sitting outside? And why has a severed finger been hidden in the room? When a body is discovered, arranged in a disturbingly macabre pose, it becomes clear the two cases are linked. As Quint delves further, he is drawn into a complex web of deception whose threads lead far back into his past ...
Les mer
November, 2038. Scotland has been reunified; the Guardians have loosened their grip. But there's still plenty of work for ex-cop Quint Dalrymple, who is investigating the strange disappearance of Angus Macdonald, the Lord of the Isles. As Quint delves further, he is drawn into a complex web of deceit, whose tentacles reach back into his own past.
Les mer
November, 2038. Scotland has been reunified and Edinburgh's thirty-year experiment with supposedly benevolent totalitarianism is over. But there's still plenty of work for ex-investigator Quint Dalrymple, who's looking into an attempted strangling in Leith. A young man has been attacked by an assailant wearing a bizarre tree-fish costume.Before Quint can make headway, he is asked by the head of government to investigate the strange disappearance of the Lord of the Isles. How could Angus Macdonald, leader of the opposition, have vanished from inside his locked bedroom while his valet was sitting outside? And why has a severed finger been hidden in the room? When a body is discovered, arranged in a disturbingly macabre pose, it becomes clear the two cases are linked. As Quint delves further, he is drawn into a complex web of deception, whose threads lead far back into his past . . .
Les mer
Exceptional . The plot twists frequently, building up to a jaw-dropping climax. Series followers and newbies alike will be hooked
Ex-investigator Quint Dalrymple faces a complex locked-room mystery in this compelling dystopian near-future thriller set in 2030s Edinburgh.

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<i>Exceptional . The plot twists frequently, building up to a jaw-dropping climax. Series followers and newbies alike will be hooked</i>

<b>Publishers Weekly Starred Review</b>

<i>Excellent ... As the stakes rise, Johnston keeps the logical twists coming while making his dystopian future plausible</i>

<b>Publishers Weekly</b> on <b>Skeleton Blues</b>

Johnston's nightmarish Edinburgh is so densely imagined that it'll linger in the memory

<b>Kirkus Reviews</b> on <b>Skeleton Blues</b>

Se alle

<i>Entertaining and educational ... Johnston's books occupy a unique spot in the mystery canon, but Quint is a familiar character, dogged and committed to his work, similar to V. I. Warshawski or Elvis Cole</i>

<b>Library Journal Starred Review</b> of <b>Heads or Hearts</b>

<i>Johnston skilfully fleshes out his despotic future, making it easy for readers to buy into his imagined world</i>

<b>Publishers Weekly</b> on <b>Heads or Hearts</b>

Quint Dalrymple investigates the strange disappearance of the Lord of the Isles in this gripping dystopian thriller.November, 2038. Scotland has been reunified and Edinburgh's thirty-year experiment with supposedly benevolent totalitarianism is over. But there's still plenty of work for ex-investigator Quint Dalrymple, who's looking into an attempted strangling in Leith. A young man has been attacked by an assailant wearing a bizarre tree-fish costume.Before Quint can make headway, he is asked by the head of government to look into the strange disappearance of the Lord of the Isles. How could Angus Macdonald, leader of the opposition, have vanished from inside his locked bedroom while his valet was sitting outside? And why has a severed finger been hidden in the room? When a body is discovered, arranged in a disturbingly macabre pose, it becomes clear the two cases are linked. As Quint delves further, he is drawn into a complex web of deception whose threads lead far back into his past ...
Les mer
November, 2038. Scotland has been reunified; the Guardians have loosened their grip. But there's still plenty of work for ex-cop Quint Dalrymple, who is investigating the strange disappearance of Angus Macdonald, the Lord of the Isles. As Quint delves further, he is drawn into a complex web of deceit, whose tentacles reach back into his own past.
Les mer
November, 2038. Scotland has been reunified and Edinburgh's thirty-year experiment with supposedly benevolent totalitarianism is over. But there's still plenty of work for ex-investigator Quint Dalrymple, who's looking into an attempted strangling in Leith. A young man has been attacked by an assailant wearing a bizarre tree-fish costume.Before Quint can make headway, he is asked by the head of government to investigate the strange disappearance of the Lord of the Isles. How could Angus Macdonald, leader of the opposition, have vanished from inside his locked bedroom while his valet was sitting outside? And why has a severed finger been hidden in the room? When a body is discovered, arranged in a disturbingly macabre pose, it becomes clear the two cases are linked. As Quint delves further, he is drawn into a complex web of deception, whose threads lead far back into his past . . .
Les mer
Exceptional . The plot twists frequently, building up to a jaw-dropping climax. Series followers and newbies alike will be hooked
Ex-investigator Quint Dalrymple faces a complex locked-room mystery in this compelling dystopian near-future thriller set in 2030s Edinburgh.

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781780291505
Publisert
2020-12-29
Utgiver
Vendor
Severn House
Vekt
505 gr
Høyde
225 mm
Bredde
148 mm
Dybde
36 mm
Aldersnivå
00, G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
384

Forfatter
Johnston, Paul

Om bidragsyterne

Born and brought up in Edinburgh, Paul Johnston studied in his home city, and at Oxford and St Andrews. As well as the Quint Dalrymple novels, he is the author of the Alex Mavros and Matt Wells crime series. He is a lecturer in creative writing at Liverpool Hope University.

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