Book description
Hull, autumn 2005 and private investigator Leo Rivers finds himself
at the overheated heart of an inquiry into the savage killing of
several young women. Approached by the mother of the chief suspect, he
soon discovers not only that this suspect is not involved in the
killings, but that several hitherto unconsidered and scarcely credible
connections link the murders to a single perpetrator.
In pursuing his case, Rivers has to contend with an ambitious,
career-minded Chief of Police, who will stop at nothing to make a name
for himself, sacrificing not only Rivers but also his own colleagues
along the way.
Set against a backdrop of the Humber and the long and violent
destruction of Hull's once-cherished fishing industry, Robert Edric
reveals a world of exploitation and ambition; a world of old men who
burnish their festering grievances and vanities; and a world of
long-suppressed but finally uncontainable brutality, in this final
volume of a trilogy of outstanding and acclaimed contemporary noir.
Robert Edric was born in 1956. His novels include
Winter Garden
(1985 James Tait Black Prize winner),
A New Ice Age
(1986 runner-up for the Guardian Fiction Prize),
A Lunar Eclipse
,
The Earth Made of Glass
,
Elysium
,
In Desolate Heaven
,
The Sword Cabinet
,
The Book of the Heathen
(shortlisted for the 2001 WH Smith Literary Award) and
Peacetime
(longlisted for the Booker Prize 2002). He is also the author of the
Song Cycle Trilogy - which comprises
Cradle Song
,
Siren Song
and
Swan Song.
