Vorwort
The third stunning literary crime novel in the Song Cycle trilogy, from the acclaimed author of Booker-longlisted PEACETIME, and THE BOOK OF THE HEATHEN.
Autorentext
Robert Edric was born in 1956. His novels include Winter Garden (1985 James Tait Black Prize winner), A New Ice Age (1986 runner-up for the Guardian Fiction Prize), A Lunar Eclipse, The Earth Made of Glass, Elysium, In Desolate Heaven, The Sword Cabinet, The Book of the Heathen (shortlisted for the 2001 WH Smith Literary Award) and Peacetime (longlisted for the Booker Prize 2002). He is also the author of the Song Cycle Trilogy - which comprises Cradle Song, Siren Song and Swan Song.
Klappentext
Hull. Private investigator Leo Rivers is at the heart of an inquiry into a string of prostitute-linked killings. Approached by the mother of the chief suspect, Rivers knows this isn't an open and shut case. Not only is the suspect not involved, but also several unconsidered and scarcely credible connections link the murders to a single perpetrator.
Heading the investigation and seeking out its glory is an ambitious, career-minded Chief of Police, who will stop at nothing to make a name for himself.
Set against a backdrop of the Humber and the long and violent destruction of Hull's once-cherished fishing industry, Robert Edric reveals a world of exploitation and ambition in an extraordinarily gripping piece of contemporary noir.
'Reading his closing chapters is like being gripped by a police-issue leather driving glove'
Mail on Sunday
'A conjurer of styles and themes, a veritable Stanley Kubrick of the world of fiction'
The Times
'Edric is a terrific storyteller'
Observer