| The Vanished Hands Contributor(s): Wilson, Robert (Author) |
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ISBN: 0156032821 ISBN-13: 9780156032827 Publisher: Harper Paperbacks OUR PRICE: $17.09 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2006 Annotation: "Wilson builds a many-layered portrait of survivors and perpetrators, each consumed by rage, guilt, or depression." -- The Boston Globe In an exclusive suburb of Seville, Rafael Vega lies dead on the kitchen floor and his wife has been suffocated under her own pillow. It appears to be a suicide pact, but Inspector Jefe Javier Falcó n has his doubts. In the brutal summer heat Falcó n starts to untangle the mystery of Rafael Vega when he receives threats from the Russian mafia who have begun operating in the city. Within days two further suicides follow - one of them a senior policeman - and a forest fire rages through the hills above Seville, obliterating all in its path. Falcó n must now sweat out the truth, revealing that all these events are connected and that there is one more secret in the black heart of Vega's life. Robert Wilson is the author of seven novels, including A Small Death in Lisbon, which won the Gold Dagger Award as Best Crime Novel of 1999 from Britain's Crime Writers Association. He divides his time between Portugal and Oxford, England. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Mystery & Detective - Police Procedural - Fiction | Thrillers - Suspense - Fiction | Noir |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2004017503 |
| Series: Javier Falcon Thrillers (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 5.2" W x 7.9" (0.90 lbs) 372 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 21st Century - Cultural Region - Western Europe - Seasonal - Summer |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Robert Wilson is back with the follow-up to his sensational thriller, The Blind Man of Seville. Javier Falc n has been through therapy and is in the process of breaking free of the psychological damage sustained during his last major investigation. Called to the scene of a suspicious suicide in a wealthy neighborhood on the outskirts of Seville, he begins to investigate a case with no solid evidence when suddenly, in quick succession, two more suicides occur-one of them a fellow police officer in the sex crimes unit. Left to discover what made life so unbearable for these victims, Falc n's task is to find the connection among the suicides. Or were they, in fact, murdered? |
Contributor Bio(s): Wilson, Robert: - ROBERT WILSON is the author of numerous novels, including The Company of Strangers and A Small Death in Lisbon, which won the Gold Dagger Award as Best Crime Novel of the Year from Britain's Crime Writers' Association. A graduate of Oxford University, he has worked in shipping, advertising, and trading in Africa, and has lived in Greece, Portugal, and West Africa. |