The Sea Detective: The Sea Detective, cartea 1
Autor Mark Douglas-Homeen Limba Engleză Paperback – 4 noi 2015
'There comes a time when a novel raises the bar for a particular genre, andThe Sea Detectivedoes just that for Scottish crime fiction'SCOTSMAN
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Cal McGill is an Edinburgh-based oceanographer, environmentalist and one-of-a-kind investigator.
Using his knowledge of the waves - ocean currents, prevailing winds, shipping records - McGill can track where objects have come from, or where they've gone.
So when two severed feet wash up miles apart on two different islands off the coast of Scotland, he
Most strangely, forensic tests reveal that the feet belong to the same body.
As Cal McGill investigates, he unravels a web of corruption, exploitation and violence, which threatens many lives across the globe.
Including his own . . .
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'Raises the bar for Scottish crime fiction . . . elegantly written and compelling'The Scotsman
'Excellent'The Literary Review,'Top Five Crime Books of the Year'
'Promises to be a fine series of detective novels'Sunday Times'Crime Book of the Month'
'An unusual, interesting and enthralling read'Shotsmag
'A compelling protagonist'The Times Literary Supplement
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781405923569
ISBN-10: 1405923563
Pagini: 400
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 24 mm
Greutate: 0.28 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin
Seria The Sea Detective
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 1405923563
Pagini: 400
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 24 mm
Greutate: 0.28 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin
Seria The Sea Detective
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
Notă biografică
Mark
Douglas-Homeis
a
journalist
turned
author,
who
was
editor
of
theHeraldand
theSunday
Times
Scotland.
His
career
in
journalism
began
as
a
student
in
South
Africa
where
he
edited
the
newspaper
at
the
University
of
the
Witwatersrand,
Johannesburg.
After
the
apartheid
government
banned
a
number
of
editions
of
the
paper,
he
was
deported
from
the
country.
He
is
married
with
two
children
and
lives
in
Edinburgh.
Recenzii
Raises
the
bar
...
elegantly
written
and
compelling.
A
crime
writer
to
watch
Excellent
Promises to be a fine series of detective novels
An unusual, interesting and enthralling read
A compelling protagonist
Excellent
Promises to be a fine series of detective novels
An unusual, interesting and enthralling read
A compelling protagonist