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Killing For England

On sale

2nd March 2006

Price: £8.99

Selected:  Paperback / ISBN-13: 9780749936372

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Chief Inspector Jacobson and DS Kerr had been on leave when the body of a young black man, Darren McGee, had been fished out of the River Crow. The autopsy had pointed to suicide by drowning. But now Darren’s cousin, Paul Shaw, is in town: a top-notch investigative journalist with an axe to grind and a claim that Darren had really been the victim of a racially-motivated murder.

Jacobson isn’t convinced. But when Paul Shaw turns up as dead and as terminally-wet as his cousin, Jacobson and Kerr are faced with a baffling double-murder to investigate. And a dangerous confrontation lies ahead with the murky world of the Far Right.

Reviews

Andrew Taylor
has a vivid sense of place... wonderfully characterised.
WASHINGTON POST
Kerr and Jacobson are a resolutely uncharming pair of policemen who are a pleasure to meet, and who offer hopes for a more rich reading in future additions to the series.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Compares favourably with Ian Rankin... a compelling, fast-moving story that leaves the reader wondering where he will go from here.
NEW BOOKS MAGAZINE
Iain McDowall has a superb ear for dialogue... very realistic.