David Kane
Author
Language
English
Description
This gritty and thought-provoking novel reflects the underbelly of the 1980s West End. The vibrant glamorous tourist-filled streets by day harshly contrast with the shady, violent and hedonistically driven nights on these same London streets. We are plunged into the dramatic life of WPC Kath Peters, as she embarks on her night shift.
'Night Duty, West End' depicts in dramatic detail how policing in the West End of London in the 1980s was a trial...
2) Teacher
Author
Language
English
Description
In denial, two species from alien worlds face a similar future. Teachers with generations' worth of training to fight the Darkness first must fight the complacency and corruption of their own Sounders. Poseidon, a Master Teacher, must train two young Sounders, Quickfin and Silverfin, to possess that rare trait of greatness. Quickfin's genius precipitates a crisis unforeseen even by Poseidon, which leads them on a current of self-discovery. From youth...
Author
Series
George Gently volume 1
Language
English
Description
The murder of a black teenager has Gently and Bacchus seeking her killer in a community where racism is never far from the surface. The detectives encounter local prejudice and anti-immigrant sentiment but discover that there may have been other motivations for the crime.