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About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherSevern House
ISBN-100727876171
ISBN-139780727876171
eBay Product ID (ePID)60750009
Product Key Features
Book TitleDead Heat
Number of Pages447 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2007
TopicMystery & Detective / Police Procedural
FeaturesLarge Type
GenreFiction
AuthorNick Oldham
Book SeriesSevern House Large Print Ser.
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.2 in
Item Weight23.1 Oz
Item Length8.7 in
Item Width5.8 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
Dewey Edition21
Dewey Decimal823.9/14
Edition DescriptionLarge Type / large print edition
SynopsisSuspended from duty after his last case, DI Christie itches to get back into the fray of police work. One of his daughter's horse-riding friends asks him to investigate the mutilation of some very expensive bloodstock owned by her family. Christie agrees, but knows he is going against his better judgement., The Mafia have a point to make - Detective Inspector Henry Christie may have been suspended from duty but he cant resist taking on a private investigation some very nice prize horses savagely mutilated. When the horses owner is targeted by a hit man, Christie survives by the skin of his teeth. Christie may be tough but he finds that hes up against not just one of the most efficient hit men in the business but the Mafia itself., The gripping new Detective Inspector Christie thrillerAfter his adventures in Substantial Threat, Detective Inspector Henry Christie has been suspended from duty. He's spending quality time with his family, and is enjoying being reconciled with wife Kate, but at heart he's bored - and itching to get back into the fray.So when the attractive and wealthy mother of one of his daughter's horse-riding friends asks him to investigate the bizarre mutilation of some of the family's bloodstock, Christie agrees - against his better judgement. He soon finds himself running down dead ends as he discovers that John Lloyd Wickson, Charlotte's father and local multi-millionaire, has enemies in high places. As Henry starts to ask some probing questions he finds himself caught up in a web of corruption and intrigue much wider and more complex than anything he had envisaged..Nick Oldham is the well-reviewed author of several crime novels. He has been a policeman since the age of 19.