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 The Price of Darkness - Graham Hurley
Newest Review: ... so faithfully described, warts and all. Southampton and the New Forest also get frequent references. The personal highlight ... more  ... for me was the dialogue. Bazza, a criminal boss trying to create a sporting legacy for his dead brother, constantly and aggressively calls people 'mush', a term which is 100% Hampshire. I've never heard anyone use the word with a straight face since I left the area, and it was brilliant to see it there.
This being a novel dealing with criminals and stressed policemen, there's also a fair amount of swearing, although never quite enough that it feels gratuitous. Even the French phrases dropped into the conversations b...more |
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The Price of Darkness - Graham Hurley: Up Pompey (813 words)
by - written on 28/05/09 (Very useful, 42 readings)
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The Price of Darkness is the ninth in a series of police procedural novels by Graham Hurley. Although I've not read any of the preceding books, I was easily able to pick up the thread of this chronicle of South Coast crime. I have to declare first of all that I am not a particular fan of police procedural novels, in fact I'm always a little mystified as to why anyone would want to read one. Moving along at a leisurely pace, the novel comprises two main strands: the investigation of the murder of a property developer, and the adventures of Paul Winter, a former copper who's now working for Portsmouth's biggest criminal family. Yes, Portsmouth. ... Read the complete review
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