The Rock is the debut crime novella by actor and broadcaster Robert Daws. "Robert Daws is an exciting addition to the canon of 21st Century crime writers." Peter James. International bestselling author of the Inspector Roy Grace series. The Rock. Gibraltar. 1966. In a fading colonial house overlooking the Straits of Gibraltar, the dead body of a beautiful woman lays dripping in blood. The steel handle of a knife protrudes from her chest; its sharpened tip buried deep within her heart. The Rock. Present day. Detective Sergeant Tamara Sullivan arrives on The Rock on a three-month secondment from the London Metropolitan Police Service. Her reasons for being here are not happy ones, and she braces herself for a tedious and wasteful twelve weeks in the sun. After all, murders are rare on the small, prosperous and sun-kissed Rock of Gibraltar and catching murderers is what Sullivan does best. It is a talent Sullivan shares with her new boss, Chief Inspector Gus Broderick of the Royal Gibraltar Police Force. He's an old-fashioned cop who regards his new colleague with mild disdain. But when a young police constable is found hanging from the ceiling of his apartment, Sullivan and Broderick begin to unravel a dark and dangerous secret that will test their skills and working relationship to the limit.
- ISBN10 1911331191
- ISBN13 9781911331193
- Publish Date 13 April 2017
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 8 March 2021
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Urbane Publications
- Format Paperback (UK Trade)
- Pages 208
- Language English
- URL http://urbanepublications.com