- Hardcover: 186 pages
- Publisher: Prentice Hall & IBD; 1st U.S. Ed., 1st Scribner Ed edition (25 May 1998)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0684845032
- ISBN-13: 978-0684845036
- Product Dimensions: 20.8 x 14.7 x 1.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,786,856 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Chief Inspector Mike Oddie and DC Charlie Peace are called upon to investigate the disappearance of two troubled teens, and the trail quickly leads to a homeless shelter in northern England, a refuge whose owner has been brutally stabbed.
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Format:Hardcover
I've thoroughly enjoyed past Barnard books, but this one left me flat. He's too skilled a writer not to have some effective passages, but the story and characters were underdeveloped. His social commentary regarding homeless kids is pointed, but I missed his dark, satiric humor. The mystery of the stabber is solved, but ironically, the resolution doesn't really contribute to any of the characters' development, leaving me curiously uninvolved with them. Only Midge stood out with any vividness. All this and a lack of psychological suspense makes this a readable but blah experience.
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Never made me care what was going to happen
18 May 2012
Format:Paperback
The disappearance of two teens from the same school leads Charlie to an amateur-run safe house for teens that is sheltering a beautiful Pakistani girl trying to avoid a forced marriage. But when the manager is shot, Charlie must wade through a pit of secrets to find the would-be killer.
I am giving up on this series. The characters continue to be awful and the convoluted stories don't hold my interest. I got halfway through and realized I didn't care what came next.
I am giving up on this series. The characters continue to be awful and the convoluted stories don't hold my interest. I got halfway through and realized I didn't care what came next.
5 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Disappointingly, one of Barnard's lesser efforts
23 Mar 1999
Format:Hardcover
I've thoroughly enjoyed past Barnard books, but this one left me flat. He's too skilled a writer not to have some effective passages, but the story and characters were underdeveloped. His social commentary regarding homeless kids is pointed, but I missed his dark, satiric humor. The mystery of the stabber is solved, but ironically, the resolution doesn't really contribute to any of the characters' development, leaving me curiously uninvolved with them. Only Midge stood out with any vividness. All this and a lack of psychological suspense makes this a readable but blah experience.
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