Two seemingly unconnected murders lead DCI Henry Christie to uncover a terrifying conspiracy in this gritty police procedural.
Two murders, apparently unconnected: one victim shot to death in his office, the other brutally stabbed in what appears to have been a road rage incident . neither case solved. Six months later, following a desperate plea from a chief constable, Detective Superintendent Henry Christie finds himself travelling across the country to carry out an urgent review of the two killings.
His investigations will plunge him into a terrifying world of murder and corruption and find him pitted against a well-organized group who seem to anticipate his every move. Henry Christie is about to discover just how bad life can be when some backs are against the wall .
Nick Oldham is a retired police inspector who served in the force from the age of nineteen. As well as the acclaimed Henry Christie novels, he is the author of the Steve Flynn series.
Title: Bad Cops (A Henry Christie Mystery)
Author: Oldham, Nick
ISBN: 9781847518828
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Publisher: Canongate Books Ltd
Publication Date: 2020-03-31
Number of Pages: 224
Weight: 0.3051 kg
A razor-sharp plot, shocking twists, gruesome violence, pulse-pounding suspense, and a heart-stopping ending make this a not-to-be-missed page-turner for fans of hard-boiled cop thrillers * Booklist Starred Review *
A routine tale of rotten coppers distinguished by its brutality, its rapid pace, and its unexpectedly chilling final scene * Kirkus Review *
Oldham dishes up some genuinely gruesome baddies * Publishers Weekly *