The reckoning / Rennie Airth.
Material type:
TextSeries: John Madden novelPublisher: New York, New York : Viking, 2014Description: 358 pages ; 24 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0670785687 (hbk.)
- 9780670785681 (hbk.)
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Main Library | Mystery | Airth Rennie | JM 4 | Available | 33111007604248 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Inspector John Madden--who debuted in River of Darkness --returns in a gripping post--World War II murder mystery
On a quiet afternoon in 1947, retired bank manager Oswald Gibson is shot in the head while fishing. In Scotland, a respectable family doctor is killed in the same
manner--and with the same gun. What is the connection? Scotland Yard's Detective Inspector Billy Styles and local detective Vic Chivers are baffled until a letter from
Gibson is discovered that might shed some light on the case--a letter concerning former Scotland Yard detective John Madden. Despite Madden's legendary memory, he has no recollection of meeting Gibson or any idea of what their relationship might have been. Madden is happily retired from police work, but agrees to help his former prot#65533;g#65533; Styles and the clues they uncover only deepen the mystery. When a third man is killed in a similar fashion, Madden and Styles find themselves in a race against time to find the killer before another man ends up dead.
A smart, intricately plotted mystery, this is the fourth title in the critically acclaimed and much loved John Madden series.
First published: London : Mantle, 2014.
"The Second World War has ended, leaving a bruised and fragile peace. But this tranquility is threatened when a shocking murder takes place in the Sussex countryside. Before long, police experts discover a link to another, earlier, killing hundreds of miles away. While Scotland Yard detective Billy Styles struggles to find a link between these two murders, a strange twist of fate brings former Detective Inspector John Madden into the investigations. As the victim count rises, it becomes clear that to catch this serial killer Madden, Styles, and young policewoman Detective-Constable Lily Poole must act quickly"-- Provided by publisher.