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Killing the Lawyers (Joe Sixsmith, Book 3)

(Paperback)


Publishing Details

Full Title:

Killing the Lawyers (Joe Sixsmith, Book 3)

Contributors:

By (Author) Reginald Hill

ISBN:

9780007334803

Series Number:

Book 3

Publisher:

HarperCollins Publishers

Imprint:

HarperCollins

Publication Date:

29th July 2010

Country:

United Kingdom

Classifications

Readership:

General

Genre:
Fiction/Non-fiction:

Fiction

Main Subject:
Other Subjects:

Crime and mystery: hard-boiled crime, noir fiction
Crime and mystery: private investigator / amateur detectives
Thriller / suspense fiction
Narrative theme: Death, grief, loss

Dewey:

823.914

Physical Properties

Physical Format:

Paperback

Number of Pages:

288

Dimensions:

Width 129mm, Height 198mm, Spine 18mm

Weight:

200g

Description

Killing the Lawyersis entertaining, sly, jokeycynical, well written, and teems with sparkly dialogue all the virtues we expect from Hill Marcel Berlins The Times
Joe Sixsmith, Lutons premier PI, is naturally on the side of the Law Trouble is, the Law isnt always ready to return the compliment.

When Joe turns to the towns top law firm for help in a dispute, he is subjected to nothing but abuse. He walks out, vowing to have vengeance. Then someone starts killing the partners one by one, and Joe is the main suspect.

At the same time as facing murder charges, Joe is trying to discover who is threatening top athlete Zak Oto. Everyone looks suspicious, from her ex-con minder, Starbright Jones, to her own family. But Joe knows hes getting close when someone starts trying to kill him

Reviews

The Sixsmith series has a buoyancy and delectability of its own
Independent

Author Bio

Reginald Hill was brought up in Cumbria, and has returned there after many years in Yorkshire. With his first crime novel, A Clubbable Woman, he was hailed as the crime novels best hope and thirty years on he has more than fulfilled that prophecy.

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