- Hardcover: 352 pages
- Publisher: Doubleday; 1st Edition edition (1 Jun 2005)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0385605781
- ISBN-13: 978-0385605786
- Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 15.2 x 3.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,715,061 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Third in a trilogy of literary crime novels by the acclaimed author of CRADLE SONG.
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Hull, autumn 2005 and private investigator Leo Rivers finds himself at the overheated heart of an inquiry into the savage killing of several young women. Approached by the mother of the chief suspect, he soon discovers not only that this suspect is not involved in the killings, but that several hitherto unconsidered and scarcely credible connections link the murders to a single perpetrator. In pursuing his case, Rivers has to contend with an ambitious, career-minded Chief of Police, who will stop at nothing to make a name for himself, sacrificing not only Rivers but also his own colleagues along the way. Set against a backdrop of the Humber and the long and violent destruction of Hull’s once-cherished fishing industry, Robert Edric reveals a world of exploitation and ambition; a world of old men who burnish their festering grievances and vanities; and a world of long-suppressed but finally uncontainable brutality, in this final volume of a trilogy of outstanding and acclaimed contemporary noir.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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As with the first 2 in the trilogy, this is a very well crafted, gripping mystery. And 'mystery' is the right word for this book, for unlike the previous 2, where you know who the key villains are well before the finish, this is not revealed in 'swan song' until close to the end. So of the 3, this is much more of a 'whodunnit'. Looking back, this is one of the features of the trilogy - each is a different type of thriller, yet all enjoy the great dialogue, complications, speculation, uncertainties, red herrings and well-hidden clues.
Would be great to have 3 more, but it doesn't look like it's going to happen.
Would be great to have 3 more, but it doesn't look like it's going to happen.
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3 Jun 2012
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As i finished the third book in this masterfull trilogy, I felt sadness . It felt like parting from an old, close friend. The city of Hull, the river Humber, and the people, scarred, lonely and tired, deeply tired of the simple, but exausting effort of daily living.
The changing of times, the confusion we like to call progress, and the many, so many lost souls, crushed to splinters and dust by the wheels of the new era. I'll miss Leo Rivers, the imperfect man with a strong code of duty and morals, trying to understand and make sense, as much for himself as for his clients. So, farewell to this trilogy, the glimpse of the world I never saw, but so familiar, almost as my own. Same lives, same heartaches, same losses.
The changing of times, the confusion we like to call progress, and the many, so many lost souls, crushed to splinters and dust by the wheels of the new era. I'll miss Leo Rivers, the imperfect man with a strong code of duty and morals, trying to understand and make sense, as much for himself as for his clients. So, farewell to this trilogy, the glimpse of the world I never saw, but so familiar, almost as my own. Same lives, same heartaches, same losses.
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