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DescriptionSloane walks free from prison after taking the rap for a high-profile art scam. A failed painter, he is now a failed forger. Awaiting him are two policemen anxious to remind him of his sins, and a letter from a woman with whom he had a passionate affair in his youth. Now dying, she summons him to tell him that he has a daughter, Connie. Sloane agrees to return to New York, a city of potent memories, to look for his daughter. But Connie is locked in a relationship with a man the police believe has killed once and who will not hesitate to kill again. Sloane has to decide whether to walk away or stay and fight for her. And the deeper the police dig into Vincent Delaney's business affairs, uncovering underworld associations, the more Delaney feels cornered, and the more unpredictable and dangerous he becomes... Promotion infoA stunning, stand-alone crime novel from the author of Flesh and Blood 20010730 Author descriptionJOHN HARVEY is the author of the richly praised sequence of ten Charlie Resnick novels, the first of which, Lonely Hearts, was named by The Times as one of the '100 Best Crime Novels of the Century'. Flesh and Blood, his first novel featuring retired Detective Inspector Frank Elder, won the CWA Silver Dagger Award in 2004. He is also a poet, dramatist and occasional broadcaster. For more about the author, visit www.mellotone.co.uk |