Big City Jacks (A Henry Christie Mystery, 8) - Hardcover

Oldham, Nick

4.33

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9780727861597: Big City Jacks (A Henry Christie Mystery, 8)

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 072786159X ISBN 13: 9780727861597

Publisher: Severn House, 2005

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The latest Detective Inspector Christie thriller When the brutally murdered body of a Manchester drug dealer is found dumped just inside the Lancashire border, it turns out that the dead man had been a CID informant working for a small nucleus of corrupt detectives. Then a high-profile trial of a Manchester gangster collapses in disarray, amid accusations of police misconduct. Thrust into the investigation of the drug dealer's death is DCI Henry Christie, recently returned to work after a period of suspension. Hoping for a gentle re-entry into the job, Christie is instead plunged headlong into a complex murder investigation which has far-reaching consequences for the police service . . .

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About the Author:

the well-reviewed author of several crime novels, including The Last Big Job, A Time for Justice, One Dead Witness and Nightmare City Backlash is his first novel for Severn House..

From Publishers Weekly:

In the middling fourth Henry Christie police procedural (after 2004's Dead Heat) by real-life British policeman Oldham, the Lancashire detective chief inspector has just returned to duty after a suspension to find that his provisional promotion doesn't sit too well with his colleagues. Deprived of a gradual re-entry to his job, Christie plunges into several incendiary situations, ranging from an internal investigation into a botched prosecution of a major drug kingpin, who may have been framed for murder, to the brutal execution of a low-level criminal possibly connected with a rival narcotics ring that also trafficks in people. Those who can overlook the lack of balance among the subplots and some awkward prose ("his male antennae had registered the voluptuous and curvaceous lines of her well-stacked body") will find this twisty, suspenseful tale rewarding.
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