The Sleepless Ones

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Description

The second thrilling detective mystery featuring Guillermo Downes, perfect for fans of Peter James, Ian Rankin and hit TV series The Missing. A gruesome findAn abandoned car by a ramshackle Cotswold farm draws the attention of local police officers. When DCI Guillermo Downes arrives at the farmhouse he finds a sickening scene of devastation and destruction.A desperate searchNow Downes has a murder investigation to run and almost nothing to go on. A cover up spanning decadesAt first Downes – and his right hand man Sergeant Graves – struggle to find answers. But as they follow the threads of this brutal murder they find a stack of photographs of missing boys. This case is bigger than Downes and Graves ever expected, and as they close in on the truth they uncover a conspiracy that goes right to the heart of the British establishment itself.Praise for James Marrison:’This is an exceptional and haunting murder mystery, a real cut above the rest’ Irish Independent’Dark, gripping and unexpected’ Linwood Barclay’Assured, astutely paced, a gripping thriller’ Herald’Intriguing, taut, told with panache’ Daily Mail

Additional information

Weight 0.266 kg
Dimensions 2.3 × 12.9 × 19.8 cm
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Format

Paperback

Language

Pages

384

Publisher

Year Published

2016-9-22

Imprint

Publication City/Country

London, United Kingdom

ISBN 10

1405917504

About The Author

James Marrison is a journalist whose writing has appeared in a number of national newspapers. James Marrison now lives in Buenos Aires, which provides the inspiration for his lead character, Argentinian-born detective Guillermo Downes. The Sleepless Ones is James's second novel, following on from his début novel The Drowning Ground.

Review Quote

DARK, GRIPPING AND UNEXPECTED

Other text

An Argentinian DCI in the heart of middle England brings a thoughtful outsider's viewpoint to a murder that has troubling links to unsolved crimes from the past. Guillermo Downes'sintelligent, intuitive policework keeps the pages turning

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