Pay Days by Bill James
Chief Superintendent Colin Harpur and his brilliant, amoral superior ACC Desmond Iles face a dilemma that's both political and personal when they suspect a police officer of taking bribes from underworld criminals Panicking Ralph Ember and Top Banana Mansel Shale. Is Nivette doing some unauthorized undercover work—as Harpur himself often does—or is he really bent? It's a question of intense interest not only to Harpur and Iles but also to Ember and Shale, and searching for the answer entails several break-ins to Nivette's house to look for, take, or plant the evidence. Meanwhile, the body of a pusher, Victor Goussard ("Slow Victor"), is found trussed up on a deserted boat in the city harbor—and then it disappears. His lover frantically, unwisely, starts to ask questions down at the docks; a snoopy television reporter sees a breaking story; and Ember, terrified of exposure, plots the murder of a man who knows too much. Harpur is fast on the trail to make the connections and prevent another crime, but it's a race against time—and treachery.
"[A] terrific series... Get these books; settle into peril and chaos." -- Bloomsbury Review
"The Elmore Leonard of Britain's underworld." -- Kirkus Reviews
"Another excellent entry....shaping up to be the crime equivalent of Powell's A Dance to the Music Of Time." -- Publishers Weekly
"[In these books] the suspense is almost unbearable, the latent truth uncomfortable and the result haunting." -- Frances Fyfield
"The Elmore Leonard of Britain's underworld." -- Kirkus Reviews
"Another excellent entry....shaping up to be the crime equivalent of Powell's A Dance to the Music Of Time." -- Publishers Weekly
"[In these books] the suspense is almost unbearable, the latent truth uncomfortable and the result haunting." -- Frances Fyfield
Bill James has been called "the Elmore Leonard of Britain's underworld" (Kirkus Reviews) and has been named a "Master of Crime" in a mystery roundup by the London Sunday Times, which said, "There is nothing else quite like this series of police procedurals. James is concerned with the dilemmas and difficulties of policing Britain's inner cities, and he addresses these in hard-edged narratives that leave readers gasping and flinching, praying the people in these stories never come to live in their streets." In addition to the Harpur and Iles series, James is the author of other mystery series and a book on Anthony Powell. He lives in Wales.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780393042146 |
| ISBN 10 | 0393042146 |
| Title | Pay Days |
| Author | Bill James |
| Series | Harpur And Iles Mysteries |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Publisher | WW Norton & Co |
| Year published | 2001-09-06 |
| Number of pages | 256 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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