ISBN: 0340961015

[SR: 170491], Paperback, [EAN: 9780340961018], Sceptre, Sceptre, Book, [PU: Sceptre], Sceptre, The dazzling follow-up to THE LONG FIRM, reissued to coincide with Channel 4's 3 part TV dra… More...

[SR: 170491], Paperback, [EAN: 9780340961018], Sceptre, Sceptre, Book, [PU: Sceptre], Sceptre, The dazzling follow-up to THE LONG FIRM, reissued to coincide with Channel 4's 3 part TV dramatisation, Jake Arnott's He Kills Coppers opens in August 1966 when the feel-good factor is running high as England enjoys World Cup victory and a seemingly endless summer. But the sunshine brings some nasty creatures out, and the brutal slaying of three policemen in a west London street sends shockwaves right to the heart of the nation. For three men, the killing is more than a front-page outrage. For Billy Porter, a war-time hero turned petty thief, it's a plan that went fatally wrong. For Frank Taylor, a Detective Sergeant trying to climb the Met's career ladder without resorting to corruption, it's a bereavement--the loss of a loyal comrade which must be avenged. For Tony Meehan, cub reporter on the Sunday Illustrated, it's nothing more than a fortuitous scoop that assures him his job. But reporting the crime awakens sinister urges that he's unable to resist and soon Meehan is creating his own news. Three men who've never met; three lives inextricably linked, in a chain of events that changed history. Those who raved about Arnott's debut novel The Long Firm will not be disappointed by its successor, a tale combining the tension of a hard-boiled crime thriller with a Dickensian eye for detail. The sounds and the spirit of 60s London are evoked with almost filmic precision, while the plot advances in that swift, inexorable fashion of the very best myths. A few of its peripheral characters, such as Jeannie, the whore with the conscience ("I never want to rely on bad money again"), and Mooney the Masonic vice-cop ("Through the Mysteries of the Craft you can keep yourself clean"), might be slightly clichéd, but the principal trio of narrators is vivid and utterly convincing. For a story that combines morality, the authentic whiff of Soho sleaze and a plot that goes straight for the jugular, readers need look no further. --Matthew Baylis , 590756, Contemporary Fiction, 62, Fiction, 1025612, Subjects, 266239, Books, 598310, Film & Television Tie-In, 62, Fiction, 1025612, Subjects, 266239, Books<

ISBN: 9780340961018

August 1966: the long hot summer of World Cup euphoria is suddenly shattered by a brutal crime that shocks a nation seemingly at ease with itself. Three characters' fates are irrevocably … More...

August 1966: the long hot summer of World Cup euphoria is suddenly shattered by a brutal crime that shocks a nation seemingly at ease with itself. Three characters' fates are irrevocably bound up with this event and consequences that reverberate across three decades: an ambitious detective dragged into intrigues of corruption; a gutter press journalist with a nose for a nasty story; and a. August 1966: the long hot summer of World Cup euphoria is suddenly shattered by a brutal crime that shocks a nation seemingly at ease with itself. Three characters' fates are irrevocably bound up with this event and consequences that reverberate across three decades: an ambitious detective dragged into intrigues of corruption; a gutter press journalist with a nose for a nasty story; and a disaffected petty criminal pushed over the edge by a violent crime that haunts him. An epic story that looks at morality and corruption on both sides of the law and at the very heart of the state. Books, Fiction~~Modern & Contemporary, He Kills Coppers~~Book~~9780340961018~~Jake Arnott, , , , , , , , , ,, [PU: Hodder & Stoughton, Hodder Headline]<

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Internationaler Buchtitel. In englischer Sprache. Verlag: SCEPTRE, L=27mm, B=129mm, H=199mm, Gew.=243gr, [GR: 21110 - TB/Belletristik/Romane/Erzählungen], Kartoniert/Broschiert, Klappente… More...

Internationaler Buchtitel. In englischer Sprache. Verlag: SCEPTRE, L=27mm, B=129mm, H=199mm, Gew.=243gr, [GR: 21110 - TB/Belletristik/Romane/Erzählungen], Kartoniert/Broschiert, Klappentext: A reissue of Arnott's dazzling follow up to )The Long Firm(, to coincide with Channel 4's 3 part dramatisation. An epic story that looks at the morality and corruption on both sides of the law, it's set in August 1966, when World Cup euphoria is suddenly shattered by a brutal crime. 'Propels Arnott further into a league of his own' )Independent On Sunday( A reissue of Arnott's dazzling follow up to "The Long Firm", to coincide with Channel 4's 3 part dramatisation. An epic story that looks at the morality and corruption on both sides of the law, it's set in August 1966, when World Cup euphoria is suddenly shattered by a brutal crime. 'Propels Arnott further into a league of his own' "Independent On Sunday"<