Review
"A wildly exciting thriller" (BELFAST TELEGRAPH )
Book Description
The 12th and final Faraday and Winter novel brings the series to a devastating and exciting close.
Product Description
D/I Faraday is gone and the police are left reeling. As his boss attempts to limit any possible PR damage his one time shadow on the force, ex D/C Winter is ever more concerned that he may have made the biggest mistake of his life throwing in his lot with the city's drug baron, Bazza McKenzie. Especially as Bazza is becoming increasingly desperate and violent as his empire begins to crumble under the weight of austere times. And, in the person of D/S Jimmy Suttle there's a new will at the heart of Portsmouth's embattled police force to nail Bazza once and for all, the one man Faraday was always desperate to bring to justice. Graham Hurley's new novel is about loss. It is about the decisions we make in life, about the impact our lives have on others. Hurley's trademark authenticity has been allied to an ever increasing sense of drama as he charts the lives of his vivid characters and paints a stunning portrait of a city and a country at war with itself. A war which throws the police into the front line. Happy days?
From the Inside Flap
Bazza Mackenzie, Pompey's top criminal, is now beyond the reach of D/I Joe Faraday. Hungry for power and profile, Bazza decides to stand for Portsmouth North in the 2010 general election. And his campaign is taking the city by storm. The police and the city elders are horrified. But politics is an expensive busoiness and when Bazza starts running short of cash he turns to ex-cop Paul Winter to call in a multi-million pound drug debt. Winter, though, is facing a nightmare of his own and knows that his time with Bazza has to end. At whatever cost. Enter D/S Jimmy Suttle, the young Major Crimes detective once partnered with Winter himself. Bringing Bazza to his knees, he believes, might just be possible. Three men. Three weeks of hard campaigning. And the darkest reckoning when the final votes are counted. Graham Hurley's superb Faraday and Winter novels have thrilled critics and readers alike, offering a unique take on the realities of city life and city policing in 21st century Britain. And now, in this dramatic final book, the consequences of decisions taken years ago finally come home to roost.
From the Back Cover
Three men. Which of them will survive the reckoning? Praise for Graham Hurley 'There is no-one writing better police procedurals today than Graham Hurley' SUNDAY TELEGRAPH 'Hurley never disappoints and here proves his standing as one of the UK's finest crime novelists' INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY 'Hurley's Faraday and Winter police procedural novels are spot on - well-written and plotted, utterly convincing and really exciting' DAILY MAIL
About the Author
Graham Hurley is an award-winning TV documentary maker who now writes full time. He lived in Portsmouth for 20 years. He is married and has grown up children. He now lives in Exmouth, Devon.
