Questo autore è rinomato per i suoi romanzi polizieschi cupamente umoristici, che spesso esplorano la desolante relazione tra pubblico, forze dell'ordine ed elementi criminali. Le sue opere sono caratterizzate da un'arguzia oscura e una rappresentazione realistica del crimine e delle sue conseguenze. Crea una serie complessa di investigatori e personaggi da entrambe le parti della legge, popolando la sua città costiera senza nome con figure memorabili. Il suo approccio al genere offre ai lettori narrazioni avvincenti e stimolanti.
The man is found dead in the local dockyard, shot frombehind. Colin Harpur predicts the execution spells imminent trouble. Iles' tolerance of the local drugstrade has kept gang warfare off the streets, and he is determined to protecthis set-up ... at all costs.
From the author of the famous Harper and Iles seriesDetective Sally Bithron has been tipped off about a meeting in Cardiff, Wales, between two sets of drug pushers. But her stakeout goes wrong when violence and murder ensue. Three men are convicted, but a fourth, Frank Latimer, is freed because of Sally's evidence, or lack of it. Sally's superiors are convinced Frank was guilty. And so are the gang of South London criminals involved. Their code demands revenge, perhaps against Sally's informant, perhaps against Frank and Sally. And perhaps against all three . . .
Assistant Chief Constable Iles finds himself suspected of murder in the fast-paced 35th installment of the popular Harpur and Iles police procedural series. Tensions in the community are mounting following the gruesome deaths of two men, both of whom were accused yet acquitted of the murder of an undercover police officer. It looks like vigilante justice, but who is responsible? Alarmingly, suspicion falls on Assistant Chief Constable Iles.Matters escalate when a TV show investigating the murders is aired, further implicating Iles. Iles seems at ease with the accusations, as are his superiors in the police force. But others are not feeling so secure.Local crime bosses Ralph Ember and Mansel Shale fear reprisals against Iles will result in their own businesses suffering. And so they begin to plan how to remove potential troublemakers from their path . . .
Local crook Ralph Ember wants some art to elevate his gentleman's club; and who else would he visit to procure this art but profoundly dodgy fine arts dealer Jack Lamb? Add to the mix stolen-art procurer Basil Gordon Loam - aka Enzyme - who Harpur and Iles are keen to see locked up, and things soon start to get complicated all round...
Ralph Ember is a big-time crook on Harpur and Ilse's local ground. But Ralph wasn't always their villain: his past is entwined with London copper Esther Davidson and the lethal street war that was the making of them both. Now, repercussions of that event threaten 'Panicking' Ralph's life . . . and, with it, the stability of Ilse's patch.
A new mystery from this bestselling author - DC Sharon Mayfield is on routine surveillance when she spots a dead man in a car. The cars locks are sealed with superglue and Claude Huddart's face has been mutilated. As with most murders, there's a puzzle to be solved, but the pieces don't fit. Why is informant Jeremy Dince-if that's his real name-being so helpful? And there's just something that doesn't feel right about the grieving Alice Huddart . . .
A new mystery featuring Detective Constable Sally Bithron - The death of a police informant leads to the task least loved by any law enforcement officer that of investigating your superiors. Sally Bithron is assigned to support Assistant Chief Constable Esther Davidson in the enquiry. And when a senior policeman apparently commits suicide, Sally and Esther have to ask some uncomfortable questions and find that they are prevented from doing so by the powers that be.
Secrecy, betrayal and the search for truth in a thrilling novel spanning the twentieth century At the same time as she is ghostwriting the autobiography of film star David Gale, Louise Summers is writing a biography of Andrew Pax, a member of the Apostles, executed in 1941 for passing secrets to the Russians. When Gale plays Pax in a film and commits suicide shortly afterwards, Louise's search for the truth comes up against opposition on all sides.