| Evan's Gate Contributor(s): Bowen, Rhys (Author) |
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ISBN: 0425201988 ISBN-13: 9780425201985 Publisher: Berkley Books OUR PRICE: $7.19 Product Type: Mass Market Paperbound - Other Formats Published: April 2005 Annotation: When Welsh constable Evan Evans finds the skeleton of a young child buried in the front yard of a shepherd's cottage, the discovery eerily coincides with a present-day missing child case that's suddenly taking up all of the constable's time. Martin's Press. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Mystery & Detective - Traditional - Fiction | Mystery & Detective - Police Procedural - Fiction | Literary |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Series: Constable Evans Mystery |
| Physical Information: 0.85" H x 4.32" W x 6.86" (0.32 lbs) 304 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Welsh Constable Evan Evans plumbs the past and present to search for connections between two troubling crimes in the eighth novel in this "consistently satisfying mystery series."* Evans has found the most delightful shepherd's cottage. At the moment it's just four stone walls with gaping holes for doors and windows...but what a view But as Evans attempts to seal the deal, duty calls. A five-year-old has vanished from a seaside caravan park--and Detective Constable Evans must consider all the suspects. There's the child's estranged father, who may want to spirit her back to his native Russia--and the German tourists in a hurry to flee the scene. Evans wonders if the abduction is related to the disappearance of another girl, twenty-five years ago--especially since that girl's relatives have just returned to Wales for a family reunion. Now, as he and his fianc e try to rebuild their dream house, he must also build a difficult case against a possible double murderer... |