Book description
A thrilling novel from the author of The Thorn Birds
One day,
one city,
twelve murders.
The year is 1967 and the world teeters on the brink of nuclear holocaust
as the Cold War goes relentlessly on. On a beautiful spring day in the
little city of Holloman, Connecticut, chief of detectives Carmine
Delmonico walks into the prestigious Chubb University halls to be
greeted by a limp corpse clamped in a bear trap, all traces of life
drained from it. And this is just the beginning. Twelve murders have
taken place in one day and suddenly Carmine has more pressing matters on
his hands than finding a name for his newborn son.
Supported by his detective sergeants, and new team member - the
meticulous Delia Carstairs - Delmonico embarks on what look likes an
unsolvable mystery. All the murders are different. Are they dealing with
one killer or many?
And if twelve murders were not enough, Carmine soon finds himself pitted
against the mysterious spy, Ulysses - who is giving local arms giant
Cornucopia's military secrets to the Russians. Are the murders and
espionage different cases, or are they somehow linked? Praise for
Colleen McCullough:
'Very much in the tradition of P. D. James…McCullough is a tremendous
storyteller.' The Times
'Compelling, passionate and gritty.' She
'McCullough piles on the drama.' Daily Mail
'Absorbing.' Sunday Telegraph
'Probes the depths of the human heart in a haunting, multi-layered
novel.' Good Book Guide
'This experienced writer knows how to grab attention and keep it.'
Literary Review Colleen McCullough was born in Australia. A
Neurophysiologist, she worked in the UK and Australia, before joining
the department of Neurology at the Yale University school of Internal
Medicine, where she remained for ten years. The publication of The Thorn
Birds in 1977, saw the end of her scientific career. She moved to
Norfolk Island in the South Pacific, where she lives with her husband of
twenty-five years, Ric Robinson.
