A Gillard and Langley Mystery - Patrick Gillard and Ingrid Langley, late of MI5 and now working as consultants for SOCA, are called in to investigate when a policemans horribly mutilated body is found with the initials R.K. carved on his torso. At the same time, DCI James Carrick asks them to make enquiries on a private matter: he has discovered that his father, Robert Kennedy, whom he thought long dead, is not only alive but a criminal. Can there be a connection between the two cases?
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In British author Duffy's 12th mystery to feature husband-wife team Ingrid Langley and Patrick Gillard (after 2007's Cobweb), the former MI5 agents now working for SOCA (the Serious and Organized Crime Agency) go in search of criminal Robert Kennedy, presumed long dead but apparently alive and, more disturbing, possibly connected to a series of ghastly gangland-style killings in which the initials RK are cut into the victims' bodies. As they get on the trail of the elusive Kennedy and a ruthless gang, Langley and Gillard begin to wonder if Kennedy himself might be a target. Duffy injects this crisp if sometimes too chatty police procedural with some great action scenes, including a wild horse ride for the newly pregnant Langley as she tries to evade her would-be killers. The author also nicely sets up the next installment with Gillard's sudden realization that maybe SOCA's not the only job he could pursue. (Dec.)
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Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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"A husband-and-wife detective team (Cobweb, 2007, etc.) find themselves up to their necks in a hazardous case. Patrick Gillard quit MI5 when the job became too dangerous for his family. Now he and his wife, author Ingrid Langley, are consultants for SOCA, a special branch of the police. When their friend DCI James Carrick is injured in a rugby match, the player who substitutes for him is an undercover policeman who shortly turns up dead, with the initials RK carved into his mutilated body. Carrick has just learned that his father Robert Kennedy, who supposedly drowned years before, may be alive; he asks the duo to sniff around quietly. At length they connect a recently released criminal named Kennedy to a ruthless gang operating over a wide area of England. Even though Patrick's years in undercover assignments have made him a master of disguise, the gang somehow gets on to him, and Ingrid's possible pregnancy and several hair-raising near-death experiences put the team in constant danger. Unwilling to leave Carrick on his own, they continue to investigate, even though the alternative to uncovering the truth may be to die trying. Lashings of Bond-style derring-do" --Kirkus Reviews, 1st October 2008
In British author Duffy's 12th mystery to feature husband-wife team Ingrid Langley and Patrick Gillard (after 2007's Cobweb), the former MI5 agents now working for SOCA (the Serious and Organized Crime Agency) go in search of criminal Robert Kennedy, presumed long dead but apparently alive and, more disturbing, possibly connected to a series of ghastly gangland-style killings in which the initials "RK" are cut into the victims' bodies. As they get on the trail of the elusive Kennedy and a ruthless gang, Langley and Gillard begin to wonder if Kennedy himself might be a target. Duffy injects this crisp if sometimes too chatty police procedural with some great action scenes, including a wild horse ride for the newly pregnant Langley as she tries to evade her would-be killers. The author also nicely sets up the next instalment with Gillard's sudden realization that maybe SOCA's not the only job he could pursue. --Publishers Weekly, 6th October 2008 --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
In British author Duffy's 12th mystery to feature husband-wife team Ingrid Langley and Patrick Gillard (after 2007's Cobweb), the former MI5 agents now working for SOCA (the Serious and Organized Crime Agency) go in search of criminal Robert Kennedy, presumed long dead but apparently alive and, more disturbing, possibly connected to a series of ghastly gangland-style killings in which the initials "RK" are cut into the victims' bodies. As they get on the trail of the elusive Kennedy and a ruthless gang, Langley and Gillard begin to wonder if Kennedy himself might be a target. Duffy injects this crisp if sometimes too chatty police procedural with some great action scenes, including a wild horse ride for the newly pregnant Langley as she tries to evade her would-be killers. The author also nicely sets up the next instalment with Gillard's sudden realization that maybe SOCA's not the only job he could pursue. --Publishers Weekly, 6th October 2008 --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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