Synopsis
A notice announcing that Harry Devlin died suddenly on Mid - summer's Eve arrives at the office of his law firm one June day. Harry isn't happy to read it - especially as Midsummer's Eve is less than a week away. His partner Jim Crusoe treats the message as a joke, but Harry isn't so sure. From that moment on, his world starts to fall apart. Who is his unknown enemy? Meanwhile, young women are being murdered in Harry's home city of Liverpool. When a friend who has asked to meet him becomes the latest victim, Harry is dragged into the investigation and becomes a suspect. He finds himself fighting for survival on two fronts. But even as he unravels the shocking secret behind the murders, the clock keeps ticking. Harry must discover and confront the enemy who wants him dead if he is to live to see Midsummer's Day. An atmospheric, fast - moving and intricate thriller, Waterloo Sunset features Harry Devlin, one of modern crime fiction's most memorable amateur detectives in the deadliest case of his life.
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About the Author
Martin Edwards has published 12 novels, including eight featuring Harry Devlin and three Lake District Mysteries. He has twice been short-listed for a CWA Dagger and 'The Coffin Trail' was short-listed for the Theakston's prize for best crime novel of 2006. He has edited 16 crime fiction anthologies, written a book about homicide investigation, and completed the late Bill Knox's last novel.A well-known reviewer and commentator on the genre, he has contributed to several reference volumes as well as writing seven books on business subjects.
From Publishers Weekly
At the start of the impressive eighth entry in Edwards's Harry Devlin series (All the Lonely People, etc.), the Liverpool attorney receives a fake newspaper notice announcing his death on Midsummer's Eve. Subsequent threatening messages lead him to take the less-than-a-week deadline seriously. Given Devlin's penchant for sticking his nose where it doesn't belong, many people bear him murderous grudges. Devlin focuses on two suspects—Tom Gunter, a violent thug and a former client, and Aled Borth, a loner angered that the lawyer's best efforts didn't result in a charge of murder being brought against the nursing home where Borth's mother died. The addition of a serial killer who severs his victim's tongues might have proven too much for the plot to bear in a lesser writer's hands, but Edwards skillfully weaves the strands together. While some readers will guess the truth before Devlin does, all will enjoy this twisty whodunit. (Apr.)
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