Angels Passing (Di Joe Faraday)
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"A brilliantly layered and nuanced story. Tough, gritty and unsparing, it is a hardboiled detective novel with a particular edge." --"Toronto Globe and Mail"
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A young girl falls to her death, and the shadowy figure of a young boy is caught on CCTV... DI Joe Faraday is on the case, but his investigation is hampered when resources are switched to a murder enquiry prompted by the discovery of the body of a small time crook on wasteland north of the city. Faraday plunges into Portsmouth's bleak netherworld of wrecked families and children cast adrift in a society too fragmented to care. But as he tracks down the boy, he is faced with a crisis much closer to home.
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For months afterwards, awake and asleep, Faraday dwelt on that final second and a half. Read the first page
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
5 stars is not enough to award this novel from Graham Hurley. This is by far the best DI Joe Faraday novel. Faraday continues to grow in personality, to the point where some CID officers in Portsmouth must believe he works for them. The story is gritty and hard, but the pace never slackens. It has to be the fastest book I have ever read, a book with total interst from the first to the last page.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
A gritty police procedural, which delves into the sordid underbelly of life in Portsmouth, and the lives of many who live on the margins of "respectable" society.
With a healthy dollop of social comment, this is a gripping book.
My only gripe is that the protagonist - surprise surprise - has an unusual home life, and a deaf son - can't these flawed heroes be allowed some normality in their time away from work?
With a healthy dollop of social comment, this is a gripping book.
My only gripe is that the protagonist - surprise surprise - has an unusual home life, and a deaf son - can't these flawed heroes be allowed some normality in their time away from work?
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
By far the best of the so-called Faraday books so far! OK, not so much of Faraday himself in this one but I don't think it matters strangely enough. Far more realistic police procedural than some [eg Stuart Macbride]. I disagree with other reviewers who say there are too many characters. Also - these books should be read in order [this one's No.3]to appreciate them properly and indeed to get a feel of Portsmouth, especially if you've never been there. I'm enjoying the series very much. Can't understand why Hurley isn't better known. Recommended!!!
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It was ok
Yet another I am torn between a 2 or 3 star rating! A 14 year old is found dead from either jumping or being pushed from a tower block. Read more
Published 7 months ago by Lainy
part of series
Ibought this as I had read all the Faraday novels except for this one. The plot is sharp and the storyline holds together like the next few books in the series and better than the... Read more
Published 8 months ago by celtictraveller
Angels Passing
"Angels Passing" is the third in the Joe Faraday series of police procedurals, I have read these books in order and they are now really starting to grow on me. Read more
Published 12 months ago by book fan
Very average
I think I must have read a different book than most of the others who have reviewed this story. The story was far-fetched and the conclusion was down to coincidence after... Read more
Published 17 months ago by N. Baker
Better than the second one
Being the third DI Faraday story is a bit of a misnomer; DC Paul Winter takes centre stage in terms of pages but we learn more about Faraday's private life this time with his deaf... Read more
Published on 3 Feb 2010 by Michael Watson
Cut the dead wood
I don't understand how this can be an 'Inspector Faraday novel' when all he does is have meetings with his superiors and try to sort out his domestic arrangements. Read more
Published on 26 Aug 2007 by Miss Karen L. Mason
Haven't Made My Mind Up
This is the first Graham Hurley book I've read and my introduction to D.I. Faraday.It's a well plotted book and very well written.... Read more
Published on 27 Aug 2006 by Terry Smith
Excellent crime series - DI Winter is the real star..!
While Faraday is the main detective character, it is DI Paul Winter who steals the show through out series. ANGELS PASSING is the 3rd. Read more
Published on 31 Jan 2004 by J. Stack
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