Cops and Other Robbers - Tapa blanda

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A strong and gripping hard-boiled police procedural crime novel in the Lynda la Plante vein about the hunt for a paedophile and killer of young girls whose victims are seen getting into a car driven by a policeman.

No one knows the real reason why Rick Cole has to leave Scotland Yard but there are rumours of a corruption investigation. DC Hazel McLintock doesn’t like him, at least not to begin with, then it’s a different story. But his cracking of the notorious paedophile case of the Ice Cream Man made him something of a hero. So how has he wound up in Sheerham nick?

Now Sheerham’s got its own paedophile on the loose. He’s killed once and now he’s kidnapped D S Baxter’s daughter. All anyone knows is that she was seen getting into a car driven by a policeman. Shifting between the police investigation and the underground of the villains, Cops And Other Robbers delves into the seamy underworld of drug dealers, prostitutes, underage runaways, down-and-outs, spaced out surfers, Guardian readers, necrophiliacs and cops and other robbers.

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Meet Lee Sweeney, number one tabloid anti-hero, numbed-out good-time geezer and England's best footballer for a decade. Even within the context of a world of bungs, backhanders and bubbly, where coaches are hysterical, all agents are bent and girls are only interested in the size of your platinum card, Lee's life has weirded out. His marriage has gone bad, his club is desperate for success, he's fallen for Page 3 royalty and his shady brother has returned from afar to torment him. While he struggles to keep the shambles afloat, deep inside Lee Sweeney is sick: his mad-dogging has caught up with him and he's fighting for his life and career.

Lee Sweeney has gone mad for booze. He's mad for fame. He's mad for money. He's football crazy.