Broken Lines by Jo Bannister - 1999

St. Martin's Press, 1999. Hardcover. Good. Disclaimer:Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

N.Y.: St. Martin's, 1999. 1st US Edition, March 1999, so stated with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in dust jacket. The fifth title in the Castlemere series. "The police of Castlemere, England, try desperately to identify the person behind a brutal beating in this brilliantly plotted addition to a reliable British procedural series (A Bleeding of Innocents, etc.). Though common purpose and mutual respect have always bound the disparate personalities of Superintendent Frank Shapiro, Inspector Liz Graham and Sergeant Cal Donovan, that trust and solidarity are severely tested when Donovan's hot pursuit of a petty thief, Mikey Dickens, results in a tragic accident. When evidence of the crime can't be recovered, it appears that Dickens, who is the favorite son of the paterfamilias of the largest criminal group in Castlemere, may skate. A missing gun, a vacillating eyewitness, a near-fatal attack and Donovan's fiery temper combine to shift suspicion from Dickens to… Read More

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