Backlash

Backlash
ISBN-10
1471112314
ISBN-13
9781471112317
Series
Backlash
Category
Fiction
Pages
512
Language
English
Published
2012-06-01
Publisher
Simon and Schuster
Author
Lynda La Plante

Description

{\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0{\fonttbl{\f0\fnil\fcharset0 Arial;}} \viewkind4\uc1\pard\lang2057\fs20 Late night on a notorious high-rise estate in Hackney and a white van is being driven erratically. The driver is pulled over by the police and questioned. \par A woman on the street after a long evening's drinking... She never makes it home. \par A suspect... an arrest... a confession... A case done and dusted? \par Five years earlier, a 13-year-old girl disappeared in broad daylight on a busy London street. DCS James Langton headed the investigation; the case was never closed. It has haunted him ever since. \par And now comes another confession, to this murder, and to one more besides. Too good to be true? DCI Anna Travis, pulled into the fray, isn't so sure that they have their man. Then the suspect changes his story... \par }

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