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The Crime Tsar
Nichola McAuliffe
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Description for The Crime Tsar
Paperback. A crackling, page-turning tale of crime, corruption and sex. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 111. . Clean copy.
Police Chief Constable Tom Shackleton is ambitious to reach the top of his profession, but no one is more ambitious for his future than his wife. Jenni Shackleton looks every inch the consort to a powerful man. Striking and groomed to gleam in any crowd, she is connected through her own job in journalism to the right people to further Tom's career - or so she thinks. She is also unscrupulous: Jenni Shackleton will stop at nothing to get what she wants. Next door and down on her luck is Lucy, who acts as housekeeper to Jenni, formerly a friend ... Read more
Police Chief Constable Tom Shackleton is ambitious to reach the top of his profession, but no one is more ambitious for his future than his wife. Jenni Shackleton looks every inch the consort to a powerful man. Striking and groomed to gleam in any crowd, she is connected through her own job in journalism to the right people to further Tom's career - or so she thinks. She is also unscrupulous: Jenni Shackleton will stop at nothing to get what she wants. Next door and down on her luck is Lucy, who acts as housekeeper to Jenni, formerly a friend ... Read more
Product Details
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC London
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780747568261
SKU
KEX0216191
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-2
About Nichola McAuliffe
Nichola McAuliffe is a writer and award-winning actress who has worked extensively on stage and television. The Crime Tsar is her first novel. Her book for children, Attila, Loogalax and the Eagle, is published by Bloomsbury Children's Books. Her short story 'The Nurglar' appears in Summer Magic, also published by Bloomsbury.
Reviews for The Crime Tsar
'The first novel from this talented actor is a new take on Macbeth... a darkly witty and topical parable of ambition and corruption' The Times 'In her debut novel Nichola McAuliffe does more than give us a cracking good read which it's hard to put down... a powerful story of corruption that lingers in the mind long after you ... Read more