- Paperback: 300 pages
- Publisher: Dundurn; First THUS edition (April 18 2001)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0888822332
- ISBN-13: 978-0888822338
- Product Dimensions: 17.7 x 11.1 x 2.4 cm
- Shipping Weight: 245 g
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #868,766 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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When Detective Inspector David Bliss lands in rural Hampshire from Scotland Yard to hide out from a murderer bent on revenge in Missing: Presumed Dead, he thinks the quiet posting will give him a chance to get over some post-traumatic stress. In Hampshire, Bliss is greeted by a seemingly cut-and-dried murder--a local gentleman has knocked off his dad and carried his body out through a busy pub. The body in question can't be found, however, and despite the son's confession, Bliss is unwilling to accept easy answers when they don't quite make sense. His problem--how to solve a case that most believe doesn't need to be solved--is compounded by the fact that, because his past problems force him to keep secrets, some of the Hampshire cops mistrust Bliss. And when it comes time for Bliss to trust someone, it isn't always the police he turns to.
Given that first-time author James Hawkins happens to be a retired police commander and former director of education for the Canadian Institute of Environmental Investigations, it's hardly surprising that this debut novel has the police procedural down cold. What is unusual, especially in a first book, is that the author's confidence with the material frees him to pursue lots of deft side plots examining petty jealousies and other emotional baggage, like the not-always-desirable aftermath of acts of heroism. Writing with great insight and sympathy, Hawkins shows that even after the crime is solved, the whodunit factor may be far less intriguing than the demons that haunt the primary players in this genuinely puzzling investigation. --Deirdre Hanna
Review
"Satisfyingly complex." (The New Brunswick Reader )
"Enjoyable." (New Brunswick Reader )
"Hawkins does an excellent job of keeping the tension high in the bliss-bomber plot, while weaving a real brainteaser around the murder." (Star Phoenix (Saskatoon, SK) )
"Enjoyable." (New Brunswick Reader )
"Hawkins does an excellent job of keeping the tension high in the bliss-bomber plot, while weaving a real brainteaser around the murder." (Star Phoenix (Saskatoon, SK) )
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