Turnstone
- 368 stránok
- 13 hodin čítania
Portsmouth is a city on the ropes. It has the highest volume of cases going through the Crown Courts of anywhere in England. And it is home for DI Joe Faraday.
Táto séria sleduje príbeh skúseného detektíva, ktorý sa borí s náročnými prípadmi aj osobnými tragédiami. V tieni byrokratických prekážok a nedostatku zdrojov sa snaží vyvážiť svoju profesionálnu povinnosť s osobným životom. Sledujeme jeho boj o spravodlivosť a snahu o zvládnutie životných výziev v drsnom prostredí policajnej práce. Je to pútavý pohľad na ľudskú odolnosť tvárou v tvár nepriazni osudu.
Portsmouth is a city on the ropes. It has the highest volume of cases going through the Crown Courts of anywhere in England. And it is home for DI Joe Faraday.
" "Est-ce qu'il s'est passé quelque chose dont tu voudrais me parler ?- Oui.- Peut-être que tu préfères parler à une policière? - Non.- Alors de quoi s'agit-il ?" Elle jeta un regard autour d'elle. Tout le monde la fixait. Tout le monde écoutait. Elle ferma les yeux un bref instant, respira un grand coup, puis sortit la photo de l'enveloppe et la posa sur le comptoir. "C'est mon papa, dit-elle tout bas. On n'arrive pas à le retrouver." " Jo Faraday, inspecteur tenace de la brigade criminelle de Portsmouth, aurait bien aimé oublier un instant la folie de son métier pour observer les oiseaux dans la baie, se consacrer à son fils né sourd et muet qui s'éloigne peu à peu... Il aurait aimé... Mais comment décevoir la confiance d'une fillette de huit ans ? Comment la laisser en plan alors que l'affaire sent le meurtre à plein nez ?
Why did a young girl fall to her death from a tower block? And is there a connection with a boy captured on the block's CCTV? DI Joe Faraday is on the case, but his investigation is hampered when resources are switched to a murder enquiry.
A twenty-year-old crime throws DI Joe Faraday into the violent legacy of the Falklands War...
Portsmouth's major drug dealer's time is up. For years Bazza Mackenzie has made millions selling cocaine and heroin into the streets of Portsmouth. He's laundered the money and on the surface at least is one of Hampshire's great and the good. The police have had enough and a year long undercover operation is set up to trap Mackenzie. But when one of the investigation's leading lights is run over and put in hospital Joe Faraday is drafted in to wrap things up. It should be a dream job but Joe fears someone will move in to fill the vacuum when Bazza is gone. Bazza seems to be one step ahead of the investigation at every turn in any case. And then Faraday's son J-J is arrested. He faces a manslaughter charge for supplying drugs to an addict who has subsequently overdosed...
The discovery of a headless corpse on the rocks below the cliffs on the Isle of Wight is only the beginning of a journey for DI Joe Faraday. It's a journey which takes him right to the heart of the grim trade in human cargo from the crippled societies of the Balkans. From cheap labour to prostitution, Portsmouth, like every other city in the UK is home to untold human misery; a black economy built on illegal immigration. Joe Faraday is determined to find the real criminals that lie behind the tabloid hysteria. DC Paul Winter on the other hand is determined only to find a way out of the disciplinary action that threatens his entire career. A burgeoning relationship with a young prostitute isn't exactly helping his cause. And for Winter, it's beginning to look as if time is running out ...
Two crimes, two tangles of emotions and thwarted love...From the author of BEYOND REACH.
Graham Hurley's acclaimed crime series takes a step into the dark side as DC Winter wonders whether crime might pay...From the author of BEYOND REACH.
Two murdered teenagers. Who will get to the killer first? The police, or the crimelord who owes a debt to the dead girl's father?
A brutal hit-and-run killing opens the path to another 25-year-old crime.A young couple are mown down in a hit-and-run incident. The girl is badly injured, the boy dies on the way to hospital. According to the sole witness the boy was in the middle of the road giving the approaching car the finger. Operation Melody is launched with DI Faraday at the helm. It reveals a mother driven to desperation by the attacks on her son—and a link to a terrible crime from the early 1980s that the victim does not want investigated. The investigation will rip apart a happy family, but the high-ups are desperate for their cold cases to be cleared up, whatever the cost. And round it all circles ex-DC Paul Winter, who has his own reasons for keeping the lid on an old crime.
Four charred bodies. One killer. A race against time...
The 12th and final Faraday and Winter novel brings the series to a devastating and exciting close.