Fatal Quest (Woodend's First Case) - Hardcover

Spencer

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9780727866820: Fatal Quest (Woodend's First Case)

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ISBN 10: 0727866826 ISBN 13: 9780727866820

Publisher: Severn House, 2008

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After the dramatic events in Dying Fall, Woodend reminisces on his long career in a brand new story...
'You should have worked out by now that nobody wants this case solved!'
These words, delivered by Eddie, a Liverpool thug brought down to London especially to put the frighteners on him, send a shiver down newly-promoted DS Charlie Woodend's spine. Because Eddie is right. Nobody does seem interested in bringing the killer of sixteen-year-old Pearl Jones to justice. Not DCI Bentley, Woodend's immediate boss. Not Deputy Commissioner Naylor, whose word is law in Scotland Yard. Not even the dead girl's mother herself.
But Woodend cares. Working alone - sifting through the rubble of bombed-out post-war London and building up a picture of a life cut short - he is assailed by a growing anger and a deepening sorrow. He will find the murderer, he promises himself, even if that means putting his career - and perhaps even his own life - on the line.

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About the Author:

Spencer was born and brought up in Cheshier. She has been a teacher in England and Iran.

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It’s 1973, and DCI Charlie Woodend is due to retire, with his long-time colleague Monika Paniatowski set to take over his job. As they drink a last pint before Woodend leaves for good, he agrees to tell Monika about his first case, the one that made him sure he wanted to be a copper. Twenty years earlier, when Woodend was a new police recruit, he was called out to investigate the brutal murder of a black teenager. Appalled by the cruelty of the crime, Woodend vows to find the girl’s killer. But because she was “just a little colored girl” (this was, after all, 1950), his superiors rule the case low priority and seem unusually upset when Woodend decides to investigate on his own. As always, Spencer offers up a clever plot, highly skilled writing, deft touches of ironic humor, and consummate characterizations, resulting in another fine entry in this strong procedural series. --Emily Melton

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