An Echo of Justice - Softcover

Miller, Hugh

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0575050152 ISBN 13: 9780575050150

Publisher: Orion Publishing Co, 1991

Synopsis

A novel which introduces Detective Inspector Mike Fletcher, known to some as the Archangel, who must find the killer of a fellow officer before his more vengeful colleagues can catch him. But there is another killer on the loose whose target is Fletcher. The author has also written "Casualty".

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From Publishers Weekly:

Detective Inspector Mike Fletcher "has a purity and directness of purpose that's unusual in a policeman." So states barrister Martin Reynolds, one of the many superbly drawn characters in this procedural introducing the tough British policeman. Fletcher is desperate to locate young Steve McMillan, who has apparently taken a giant step from minor thievery to the murder of a policeman. He believes something extraordinary must have pushed the timid McMillan to strike out and kill, and Fletcher's woman-friend Kate Barbour, a psychiatrist who has treated McMillan, staunchly agrees. Fletcher must lure McMillan out of hiding before Percy Cullen, a bloodthirsty policeman hell-bent on gaining a promotion, gets his hands on the suspect. In the meantime, Miller ( Home Ground ) keeps the reader's heart pounding as Fletcher himself becomes the target of a madman's revenge. This dark, riveting story is enriched by psychological insights.
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From Kirkus Reviews:

Rough justice among the British constabulary as compassionate Inspector Mike Fletcher sweats to save fugitive cop-killer Steve McMillan (what could have made this scared kid kick Sgt. Lowther to death under the eyes of 20 witnesses?) from the clutches of loutish Sgt. Percy Cullen--who's willing to maim and kill in order to bring in Steve. Meanwhile, Mike's being hunted himself by Guy McKaskill, determined to avenge his arrest of McKaskill's jailed son. Except for one neat twist toward the end, the plots work out just as you'd expect. Miller (Home Ground, Snow on The Ground, etc.) has a nice eye for the gray area between justice and revenge, though his police officers divide too improbably into savage brutes and tenderhearted gents. -- Copyright ©1991, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.

About this edition

• Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0575050152
• ISBN 13: 9780575050150
• Binding: Paperback