by IanRankin (Author)
A shot rings out, and the woman dies instantly. But she was not alone on the steps of the London hotel. A number of other people could also have been the intended target of the invisible sniper. But the assassin, Michael Weston, knows he has carried out his assignment successfully. One mistake was enough. A long time ago, a young American girl had accidentally received the fatal bullet. After all those years, the father of the dead girl still had a private eye named Hoffer, on a permanent retainer, to track him down. Every time Weston completed a job, he knew Hoffer would not be far behind. But why had the police been on the scene so quickly? Weston has to find out, even if it means coming face to face with Hoffer ...
Format: Paperback
Pages: 416
Edition: New
Publisher: Orion
Published: 19 Jul 2001
ISBN 10: 075284332X
ISBN 13: 9780752843322
Book Overview: The second of Ian Rankin's JACK HARVEY novels. Ian Rankin is a regular Sunday Times bestseller and Guardian fastseller. He has an incredibly high profile - in 2003, he had his own TV series (Ian Rankin's Evil Thoughts), received his OBE, guested on Newsnight Review and is a constant contributor to the national press. He has won numerous awards, including the CWA Gold Dagger and the Edgar Award. In 2003 Rankin sold over one million books. He now makes up more than 10 per cent of all UK crime sales. Rankin also constantly gets excellent reviews: 'Rankin is without doubt Britain's best crime novelist' Express. 'First rate crime fiction with a fierce realism' Sunday Telegraph. 'Rankin's ability to create a credible character, delivering convincing dialogue to complement sinister and hard-hitting plots set against vividly detailed atmosphere, is simply awesome' Time Out. 'Shows Rankin to be as adept at writing thrillers as he is at putting together more meditative crime stories' Observer. 'His spare, businesslike prose, enlivened by flashes of deadpan humour, has the tough vitality of the best hard-boiled Americans ... This is tense, clever, first-class entertainment' Sunday Times.