In this, the 8th novel to feature Laura Ackr oyd and her lover Chief Inspector Thackeray, a young African is murdered in front of Laura''s eyes. The subsequent cover- up and lack of police interest paints a terrible portrait of contemporary Britain. '
- ISBN10 0094795703
- ISBN13 9780094795709
- Publish Date 3 May 1999
- Publish Status Transferred
- Out of Print 5 September 2005
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Little, Brown Book Group
- Imprint Constable
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 224
- Language English