The Sleepless Ones
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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 |
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Dimensions | 2.3 × 12.9 × 19.8 cm |
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Format | Paperback |
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Pages | 384 |
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Year Published | 2016-9-22 |
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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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