A derelict house is being demolished when workmen discover the remains of a young girl. Walker is far from happy at being assigned the seventeen-year-old murder case, especially as North's career is really taking off. However, things soon hot up when the murder team unearth more skeletons and Walker suddenly finds himself in charge of one of the biggest investigations in recent years. But when a secret has been buried for seventeen years, the path to justice is more tortuous than ever. Can Walker and his team expose the truth behind one family and their shadowy past? Meanwhile, North is struggling to keep it together at work after her recent miscarriage, and with an old flame back on the scene emotions are running high...Lynda La Plante, the winner of the Bafta 'Dennis Potter Writers Award'.
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Lynda La Plante was born in Liverpool. She trained for the stage at RADA, and work with the National Theatre and RSC led to a career as a television actress. She turned to writing - and made her breakthrough with the phenomenally successful TV series Widows. Her six subsequent novels, The Legacy, Bella Mafia, Entwined, Cold Shoulder, Cold Blood And Cold Heart, were all international bestsellers and her original script for the much acclaimed Prime Suspect won a Bafta award, British Broadcasting award, Royal Television Society Writers award and the 1993 Edgar Allan Poe Writers award.
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Police officers must sometimes walk a fine line between whatis right and what is legal. This ethical dilemma plays out on twofronts in this novel. When a local sex offender confesses to murder,everyone but DI Pat North is ready for "trial and retribution." Andwhen her fiancé, Superintendent Michael Walker, kills an abusivesuitor of his soon to be ex-wife, two police officers must decide whatneeds to be done versus what has to be done. Christian Rodska choosesjust the right tone and elevates what could be a rote mystery into acompelling drama. R.O. © AudioFile 2004, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine
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