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Flesh And Blood

  • Imprint: Arrow

  • ISBN: 9781787460942

  • Length: 464  Pages

  • Dimensions: 198mm x 28mm x 129mm

  • Weight: 319g

  • RRP: £8.99

Flesh And Blood

She disappeared fifteen years ago. Frank Elder never stopped looking.

Long after Susan Blacklock's disappearance, Detective Inspector Frank Elder has taken early retirement, but the case still plagues his mind – one failure he can never fix.

The prime suspects were jailed for another murder. Now, one of them is on parole – until he vanishes too.

And then the postcards start arriving. Postcards from the killer. Postcards of Elder's daughter...

  • Imprint: Arrow

  • ISBN: 9781787460942

  • Length: 464  Pages

  • Dimensions: 198mm x 28mm x 129mm

  • Weight: 319g

  • RRP: £8.99

Reviews

  • "using no device flashier than detailed characterisation, finely-crafted writing and gentle humour to build his story, Harvey grabs your interest and holds it."

    The Mirror

  • "his[Harvey's] unpredictable mixture of tenderness and cruelty is frightenly well delineated, reinforcing the well-plotted suspense of a book with a depth few works of crime fiction attain"

    Independent

  • "Flesh and Blood is a terrific comeback, restoring Harvey to the very top echelons of British crime writing what takes Flesh and Blood into the highest league are Harvey's exquisite writing and utterly convincing characters."

    The Times

  • "Harvey elevates the serial killer novel a few notches, adding a brain and a heart."

    Time Out

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About the Author

John Harvey

John Harvey is the author of the richly praised Charlie Resnick novels, the first of which, Lonely Hearts, was named by The Times as one of the '100 Best Crime Novels of the Century'. His first novel featuring Frank Elder, Flesh and Blood, won the CWA Silver Dagger in 2004, and a Barry Award for the Best British Crime Novel published in the US in 2004. In 2007 John Harvey was awarded the CWA Cartier Diamond Dagger and in 2009 he was awarded an honorary degree, Doctor of Letters, by the University of Nottingham. To find out more about John Harvey visit his website at: www.mellotone.co.uk

John Harvey

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