Angels Passing

Description

A young girl falls to her death, and the shadowy figure of a young boy is caught on CCTV... DI Joe Faraday is on the case, but his investigation is hampered when resources are switched to a murder enquiry prompted by the discovery of the body of a small time crook on wasteland north of the city. Faraday plunges into Portsmouth's bleak netherworld of wrecked families and children cast adrift in a society too fragmented to care. But as he tracks down the boy, he is faced with a crisis much closer to home.

Graham Hurley is an award-winning TV documentary maker who now writes full-time. He lived in Portsmouth for 20 years. He is married and has grown-up children. He now lives in Exmouth, Devon.

A realistic depiction of modern police work... strong stuff, and it makes gripping and, at times, grim reading--SUNDAY TELEGRAPH An outstanding writer. Hurley's twists and action are electrifying--DAILY TELEGRAPH As good a read as you'll ever get... A wonderful, wonderful thriller writer--DAILY MIRROR Splendidly gritty...most enjoyable--FHM The often sordid life of a large British city is caught with pinpoint accuracy, together with a host of realistic characters on both sides of the law... A splendid achievement--GUARDIAN This is how a crime novel should be written, and it pushes Hurley right to the forefront of British crime writers, which is where he richly deserves to be--INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY