Dieser Autor ist bekannt für seine düsteren Kriminalromane mit schwarzem Humor, die oft die trostlose Beziehung zwischen der Öffentlichkeit, der Polizei und dem kriminellen Milieu untersuchen. Seine Werke zeichnen sich durch dunklen Witz und eine realistische Darstellung von Verbrechen und seinen Folgen aus. Er erschafft eine komplexe Reihe von Ermittlern und Charakteren auf beiden Seiten des Gesetzes, die seine namenlose Küstenstadt mit denkwürdigen Figuren bevölkern. Sein Ansatz des Genres bietet den Lesern spannende und zum Nachdenken anregende Erzählungen.
The man is found dead in the local dockyard, shot frombehind. Colin Harpur predicts the execution spells imminent trouble. Iles' tolerance of the local drugstrade has kept gang warfare off the streets, and he is determined to protecthis set-up ... at all costs.
Assistant Chief Constable Iles finds himself suspected of murder in the fast-paced 35th installment of the popular Harpur and Iles police procedural series.Tensions in the community are mounting following the gruesome deaths of two men, both of whom were accused yet acquitted of the murder of an undercover police officer. It looks like vigilante justice, but who is responsible? Alarmingly, suspicion falls on Assistant Chief Constable Iles.Matters escalate when a TV show investigating the murders is aired, further implicating Iles. Iles seems at ease with the accusations, as are his superiors in the police force. But others are not feeling so secure.Local crime bosses Ralph Ember and Mansel Shale fear reprisals against Iles will result in their own businesses suffering. And so they begin to plan how to remove potential troublemakers from their path . . .
A new mystery featuring Detective Constable Sally Bithron - The death of a police informant leads to the task least loved by any law enforcement officer that of investigating your superiors. Sally Bithron is assigned to support Assistant Chief Constable Esther Davidson in the enquiry. And when a senior policeman apparently commits suicide, Sally and Esther have to ask some uncomfortable questions and find that they are prevented from doing so by the powers that be.
From the author of the famous Harper and Iles seriesDetective Sally Bithron has been tipped off about a meeting in Cardiff, Wales, between two sets of drug pushers. But her stakeout goes wrong when violence and murder ensue. Three men are convicted, but a fourth, Frank Latimer, is freed because of Sally's evidence, or lack of it. Sally's superiors are convinced Frank was guilty. And so are the gang of South London criminals involved. Their code demands revenge, perhaps against Sally's informant, perhaps against Frank and Sally. And perhaps against all three . . .