Frank Elder mysteries
Author
Author
Series
Frank Elder mysteries volume 1
Language
English
Description
Retired Detective Inspector Frank Elder is pulled back into a 14-year-old unsolved mystery when a possible suspect is released from prison, and another girl is found dead.
2) Ash & bone
Author
Series
Frank Elder mysteries volume 2
Publisher
Harcourt
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Description
In the depths of his Cornish hideaway, retired Detective Inspector Frank Elder's solitary life is disturbed by a call from his ex-wife, telling him his seventeen-year-old daughter, Katherine, is running wild, unbalanced by the abduction and rape he feels he should have prevented. Meanwhile, in the heart of London, the takedown of a violent criminal goes badly, and Detective Sergeant Maddy Birch is uneasy about the reasons why, an uneasiness that is...
Author
Series
Frank Elder mysteries volume 3
Publisher
Harcourt
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
A retired cop returns to the mean streets of Nottingham on a murder case that resurrects a haunted past in this "elegantly told tale" (Independent, UK).
When Frank Elder's ex-wife calls him for a favor, he can't say no. Her friend Jennie's sister Claire has gone missing in Nottingham, and she wants him to look into it. Suddenly, he's back on the job...and back in the city where his life fell apart.
Elder uncovers sexual secrets of Claire's that...
4) Body & Soul
Author
Series
Frank Elder mysteries volume 4
Description
When his estranged daughter Katherine suddenly appears on his doorstep, Elder knows that something is badly wrong. The breakdown of her relationship with a controversial artist has sent her into a self-destructive tailspin which culminates in murder. And as Elder struggles to protect Katherine and prove her innocence, the terrors of the past threaten them both once more.