Billingham, Mark,
The wrong hands / Mark Billingham. - 405 pages ; 24 cm. - A New detective Miller novel .
Publishers Weekly, May 13, 2024 Kirkus Reviews, June 01, 2024 Library Journal, May 01, 2024 Library Journal Prepub Alert, January 16, 2024
"Unconventional Detective Declan Miller has a problem. Still desperate to solve the murder of his wife, a young man has just appeared on his doorstep with a briefcase . . . containing a pair of severed hands. Miller knows this case is proof of a contract killing commissioned by local ne'er-do-well Wayne Cutler-a man he suspects might also be responsible for his wife's death. Now Miller has leverage, but unfortunately, he also has something that both Cutler and a villainous fast-food kingpin are desperate to get hold of. Chuck in a Midsomer Murders-obsessed hitman, a psychotic welder, and a woman driven over the edge by a wayward Crème Egg, and Miller is in a mess that even he might not be able to dance his way out of"--
9780802163097 $27.00
2024009996
Miller, Declan (Fictitious character) --Fiction.
Private investigators--Fiction.
Murder--Investigation--Fiction.
Blackpool (England)--Fiction.
Suspense fiction.
PR6102.I44 / W76 2024
823/.92
The wrong hands / Mark Billingham. - 405 pages ; 24 cm. - A New detective Miller novel .
Publishers Weekly, May 13, 2024 Kirkus Reviews, June 01, 2024 Library Journal, May 01, 2024 Library Journal Prepub Alert, January 16, 2024
"Unconventional Detective Declan Miller has a problem. Still desperate to solve the murder of his wife, a young man has just appeared on his doorstep with a briefcase . . . containing a pair of severed hands. Miller knows this case is proof of a contract killing commissioned by local ne'er-do-well Wayne Cutler-a man he suspects might also be responsible for his wife's death. Now Miller has leverage, but unfortunately, he also has something that both Cutler and a villainous fast-food kingpin are desperate to get hold of. Chuck in a Midsomer Murders-obsessed hitman, a psychotic welder, and a woman driven over the edge by a wayward Crème Egg, and Miller is in a mess that even he might not be able to dance his way out of"--
9780802163097 $27.00
2024009996
Miller, Declan (Fictitious character) --Fiction.
Private investigators--Fiction.
Murder--Investigation--Fiction.
Blackpool (England)--Fiction.
Suspense fiction.
PR6102.I44 / W76 2024
823/.92