-In the tradition of Ian Rankin and Colin Dexter-Major marketing promotion to include trade and consumer campaign-Campaign will include trade press and specialist crime magazine advertising, back list promotion and targeted promotion to crime readers-Fourth in a series featuring Chief Inspector Jacobson and DS Kerr-Also in this series are: A STUDY IN DEATH [0 7499 3669 X], MAKING A KILLING[0 7499 3670 3] and PERFECTLY DEAD [0 7499 3671 1]-Advance reading copies available-Piatkus have already commissioned two more titles in this intelligent and gripping police procedural series-Also available in hardback [0 7499 0724 X]
Chief Inspector Jacobson and DS Kerr had been on leave when the body of a young black man, Darren McGee, had been fished out of the River Crow. The autopsy had pointed to suicide by drowning. But now Darren's cousin, Paul Shaw, is in town: a top-notch investigative journalist with an axe to grind and a claim that Darren had really been the victim of a racially-motivated murder. Jacobson isn't convinced. But when Paul Shaw turns up as dead and as terminally-wet as his cousin, Jacobson and Kerr are faced with a baffling double-murder to investigate. And a dangerous confrontation lies ahead with the murky world of the Far Right.
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-In the tradition of Ian Rankin and Colin Dexter-Major marketing promotion to include trade and consumer campaign-Campaign will include trade press and specialist crime magazine advertising, back list promotion and targeted promotion to crime readers-Fourth in a series featuring Chief Inspector Jacobson and DS Kerr-Also in this series are: A STUDY IN DEATH [0 7499 3669 X], MAKING A KILLING[0 7499 3670 3] and PERFECTLY DEAD [0 7499 3671 1]-Advance reading copies available-Piatkus have already commissioned two more titles in this intelligent and gripping police procedural series-Also available in hardback [0 7499 0724 X]
Chief Inspector Jacobson and DS Kerr had been on leave when the body of a young black man, Darren McGee, had been fished out of the River Crow. The autopsy had pointed to suicide by drowning. But now Darren's cousin, Paul Shaw, is in town: a top-notch investigative journalist with an axe to grind and a claim that Darren had really been the victim of a racially-motivated murder. Jacobson isn't convinced. But when Paul Shaw turns up as dead and as terminally-wet as his cousin, Jacobson and Kerr are faced with a baffling double-murder to investigate. And a dangerous confrontation lies ahead with the murky world of the Far Right.
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Chief Inspector Jacobson and DS Kerr had been on leave when the body of a young black man, Darren McGee, had been fished out of the River Crow. The autopsy had pointed to suicide by drowning. But now Darren's cousin, Paul Shaw, is in town: a top-notch investigative journalist with an axe to grind and a claim that Darren had really been the victim of a racially-motivated murder.
Jacobson isn't convinced. But when Paul Shaw turns up as dead and as terminally-wet as his cousin, Jacobson and Kerr are faced with a baffling double-murder to investigate. And a dangerous confrontation lies ahead with the murky world of the Far Right.Critic Reviews
“Kerr and Jacobson are a resolutely uncharming pair of policemen who are a pleasure to meet, and who offer hopes for a more rich reading in future additions to the series.-- WASHINGTON POST”
Kerr and Jacobson are a resolutely uncharming pair of policemen who are a pleasure to meet, and who offer hopes for a more rich reading in future additions to the series. - WASHINGTON POST
Compares favourably with Ian Rankin... a compelling, fast-moving story that leaves the reader wondering where he will go from here. - PUBLISHERS WEEKLYhas a vivid sense of place... wonderfully characterised. - Andrew TaylorIain McDowall has a superb ear for dialogue... very realistic. - NEW BOOKS MAGAZINEAbout the Author
In the tradition of Ian Rankin.
STUDY IN DEATH is first in the Chief Inspector Jacobson and DS Kerr series, MAKING A KILLING is the second, PERFECTLY DEAD is the third, and KILLING FOR ENGLAND is the fourth. Iain McDowall is Scottish. He was born in Kilmarnock.Chief Inspector Jacobson and DS Kerr had been on leave when the body of a young black man, Darren McGee, had been fished out of the River Crow. The autopsy had pointed to suicide by drowning. But now Darren's cousin, Paul Shaw, is in town: a top-notch investigative journalist with an axe to grind and a claim that Darren had really been the victim of a racially-motivated murder.Jacobson isn't convinced. But when Paul Shaw turns up as dead and as terminally-wet as his cousin, Jacobson and Kerr are faced with a baffling double-murder to investigate. And a dangerous confrontation lies ahead with the murky world of the Far Right.
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