The Concrete Sea - Softcover

John Dalton

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0954791320 ISBN 13: 9780954791322

Publisher: Tindal St Pr Ltd, 2005

Synopsis

In John Dalton's second installment of urban noir, detective Don Avoca is faced with solving the murder of a young girl in the world of the ruthless criminal underground Kate Connor's body lies undiscovered in industrial wasteland for fifteen months—strange fragments of bone lodged in her throat and a sea bean at her side. Assigned to investigate her murder, Don Avoca joins forces with sad-eyed Jackie, a local PI. Together they track down gun-toting dope heads and hapless misfits, taking their chances in a winter-dark city of subterfuge and violence. Amid the eyes of prying surveillance cameras and swirling highways Don struggles to stay afloat. Can he find escape from the dreams and voices that threaten to drown him? Or will his longing for retribution block out the truth of his own loss?

About this title

About the Author:

John Dalton is the author of the acclaimed debut The City Trap.

Review:

Dalton evokes a strong empathy for the downtrodden, taking pride of place among British crime writing's dirty realists. The slick tale unfolds like a whiplash * Guardian *

About this edition

• Publisher: Tindal St Pr Ltd
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0954791320
• ISBN 13: 9780954791322
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 233