After his adventures in Substantial Threat, Detective Inspector Henry Christie has been suspended from duty. He's spending quality time with his family, and is enjoying being reconciled with wife Kate, but at heart he's bored - and itching to get back into the fray. So when the attractive and wealthy mother of one of his daughter's horse-riding friends asks him to investigate the bizarre mutilation of some of the family's bloodstock, Christie agrees - against his better judgement. He soon finds himself running down dead ends as he discovers that John Lloyd Wickson, Charlotte's father and local multi-millionaire, has enemies in high places. As Henry starts to ask some probing questions he finds himself caught up in a web of corruption and intrigue much wider and more complex than anything he had envisaged..
Nick Oldham is the well-reviewed author of several crime novels. He has been a policeman since the age of 19.
Title: Dead Heat (Severn House Large Print)
Author: Oldham, Nick
ISBN: 9780727876171
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Publisher: Canongate Books Ltd
Publication Date: 2007-08-03
Number of Pages: 448
Weight: 0.5808 kg
Skilful writing, a tautly woven plot, plenty of unexpected twists, and a main character who's both intelligent and appealing add up to a fine read Booklist on Dead Heat 'Like everything 'good' in life, a fast-paced, old fashioned shoot-'em-up is hard to find. Fortunately, we have Oldham's latest novel to remind us what it's all about' Publishers Weekly on Backlash Oldham, whose writing career dovetails nicely with his 25-year stint in police operations, believes in a bloody good time...and several dandy plot twists' Kirkus Reviews on Substantial Threat