Middle Of Nowhere

Middle Of Nowhere

by RidleyPearson (Author)

Synopsis

An unofficial strike is stretching the Seattle police force to breaking point. Detective Lou Boldt is committed to remaining on the job come what may, but when the city is hit by a string of robberies and the brutal near-murder of a female cop, the mounting pressures start to threaten his marriage and his state of mind. With the help of two of the few colleagues still working, he makes slow progress towards cracking the case, but things begin to spin out of control when he is pressured to drop his line of investigation, and it becomes clear that his life is in danger if he refuses. Working with police psychologist Daphne Matthews, he gradually begins to unravel a mystery which connects the robberies, the assault, and the crippling strike ...

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 496
Edition: New
Publisher: Orion
Published: 01 Nov 2001

ISBN 10: 0752844318
ISBN 13: 9780752844312
Book Overview: Filled with the fast-paced storytelling which has characterised Ridley Pearson's novels, Middle of Nowhere is the book destined to propel him on to the bestseller lists 'A killer combination of Patricia Cornwell and John D. MacDonald, with a soupcon of Thomas Harris' - Stephen King 'The best thriller writer alive' - Kirkus Pearson's US sales have been doubling from book to book. Major launch campaign for the hardback edition to break Pearson into a whole new market Ridley Pearson's new novel, Parallel Lies, is to be published in Orion hardback in October 2001

Author Bio
Ridley Pearson is the New York Times bestselling author of twelve previous novels. He was the first American to be awarded the Raymond Chandler/Fulbright Fellowship in detective fiction at Oxford. He lives in Hailey, Idaho.