The Murder Exchange - Hardcover

Kernick, Simon

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0312314035 ISBN 13: 9780312314033

Publisher: Minotaur Books, 2004

Synopsis

When ex-mercenary Max Iversson accompanies a nightclub owner to an ill-fated rendezvous in a deserted north London industrial estate, it turns out to be not so much a set-up as a bloodbath. Three men have been shot, the briefcase Iversson has been guarding is empty--and he wants to know why.

So begins a hunt for answers that will take him into direct conflict with Detective Sergeant John Gallan--and take both men into very dangerous territory.

About this title

From the Inside Flap:

By the author of The Business of Dying -- a gritty, page-turner set in North London's meanest of mean streets.

When Max Iversson, an ex-soldier and mercenary who is now co-director of a small firm of freelance bodyguards, is introduced to north London nightclub owner, Roy Fowler, he senses immediately that the guy is trouble. Fowler wants security for a meeting with some people who want to buy his nightclub. Five grand for a couple of hours' work is too tempting a proposition to turn down, so Iversson -- against his better judgment -- takes on the job. However, when he and two colleagues accompany Fowler to the "meet" in a deserted north London industrial estate, it turns out to be not so much a double-cross as a bloodbath. With Fowler and both bodyguards dead, Iversson grabs the briefcase containing the deeds to the club, and vacates the scene rapidly.

But the suitcase is empty, which makes no sense at all. Three men have been shot, and Iversson wants to know why. So begins a hunt for answers that will take him into dangerous territory, and also into direct conflict with Detective Sergeant Gallan. Gallan is investigating the same people and sniffing around the same territory. But he's like a dog with a bone -- he just keeps digging away, unearthing in the process a murderous conspiracy. Both men are playing with fire and unknown to each other are heading towards a final confrontation with forces as ruthless as they are determined, and from which neither man is likely to emerge in one piece.

About the Author:

Simon Kernick was born in 1966. He spent ten years working as a salesman in the IT industry before he began writing. His first book, The Business of Dying, has won him popular and critical acclaim. He now writes full-time and lives near London with his wife and young daughter.

About this edition

• Publisher: Minotaur Books
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0312314035
• ISBN 13: 9780312314033
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 368