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Death of a murderer / Rupert Thomson

By:

Thomson, Rupert

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : Alfred A. Knopf , 2007.Edition: 1st American edDescription: 225 p. ; 22 cmISBN:

9780307265845

Subject(s):

Police -- -England -- --Fiction

Genre/Form:

Psychological fiction

DDC classification:

FIC THO

LOC classification:

PR6070.H685 D43 2007

Summary: "Towards the end of November 2002, Billy Tyler, a police constable in his mid-forties, is summoned to the mortuary of a hospital in Suffolk. For the next twelve hours, from seven in the evening till seven in the morning, he is responsible for guarding the body of a notorious child-killer. In the face of public hostility and media frenzy, Billy's job, as his superior puts it, is to 'make sure nothing happens'." "As a seasoned police officer, Billy's approach is utterly professional, but as the night wears on, in the eerie silence of the hospital, the dead woman's presence begins to assert itself, and Billy's own problems and anxieties - a stalled career, a fractious marriage, a disabled daughter - gradually acquire a new and unexpected significance."--BOOK JACKET.

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Holdings
Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Fiction / Ficción	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C. Sala Ingles	General	FIC THO (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		059090

Originally published: London : Bloomsbury, 2007.

"Towards the end of November 2002, Billy Tyler, a police constable in his mid-forties, is summoned to the mortuary of a hospital in Suffolk. For the next twelve hours, from seven in the evening till seven in the morning, he is responsible for guarding the body of a notorious child-killer. In the face of public hostility and media frenzy, Billy's job, as his superior puts it, is to 'make sure nothing happens'." "As a seasoned police officer, Billy's approach is utterly professional, but as the night wears on, in the eerie silence of the hospital, the dead woman's presence begins to assert itself, and Billy's own problems and anxieties - a stalled career, a fractious marriage, a disabled daughter - gradually acquire a new and unexpected significance."--BOOK JACKET.

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