The Hard Detective (Harriet Martens Mysteries, #1)

by H. R. F. Keating

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Harriet Martens is a tough cop, but she must now muster all her strength to prevent a serial killer completing a gruesome plan of revenge. Detective Chief Inspector Harriet Martens has earned the nickname the Hard Detective - but she's had to be unyielding to make it in a man's world. It was, after all, this toughness that inspired her successful Stop the Rot campaign, that has so provoked local criminals. But now two of her officers have died within hours of each other. Harriet comes to believe both have been murdered - and a disturbing idea follows. For the circumstances of each death echo words from the Book of Exodus: Life for Life, Eye for Eye . . . Has a killer chosen this gruesome ritual to tell Harriet she has been pushing too hard? And if so, can she prevent the six deaths that will surely complete the quotation? Beginning with Tooth for tooth . . .

Also in this series: The Rich Detective, The Good Detective, The Bad Detective and The Soft Detective.

'One of his best...It really is a top-notch story.' Birmingham Post

Few who pick up this latest offering from a master will be disappointed by the superior fare on offer here.' Crime Time

  • ISBN10 078389256X
  • ISBN13 9780783892566
  • Publish Date 31 December 2000 (first published 10 July 2000)
  • Publish Status Out of Print
  • Out of Print 4 August 2016
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Thorndike Press
  • Edition Large type / large print edition
  • Format Paperback (US Trade)
  • Pages 263
  • Language English