John Harvey
1) Easy meat
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Charlie Resnick mysteries volume 8
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English
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A teenage thug goes to prison when a simple robbery turns bloody Nicky Snape likes robbing old people. The fifteen-year-old snatches shirts from stores, purses from his teachers, and as much money as he can lift from his mother. But for an easy score he knows no better target than the elderly. When he sneaks into the home of Eric and Doris Netherfield, his footsteps wake the old couple. With a piece of steel railing he keeps by the bed for protection,...
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After a daring prison escape, a convict disappears into a crime-ridden city It has been thirteen years since Michael Preston killed his father, and now his mother is dead too. Halfway through his twenty-four year sentence, Michael is a docile prisoner whom the warden doesn't mind letting out for an afternoon to pay his respects. Michael goes to the funeral under armed guard, and when the time comes to return to jail, he gives them the slip. Police...
3) Far cry
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English
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Ruth and Simon reluctantly agree to let their teenage daughter, Heather, go on a camping holiday in Cornwall with her best friend, Kelly, and her family. Then they get the news that both girls have gone missing. Kelly is found alive, but Heather's body is eventually found in an old mine, her death ruled an accident. The tragedy ends Ruth and Simon's marriage. Ruth remarries and has another daughter, but when Beatrice reaches Heather's age, she too...
4) Still waters
Author
Series
Charlie Resnick mysteries volume 9
Publisher
Henry Holt
Pub. Date
1997
Language
English