Death in Profile
The gripping thriller with a classic crime twist!
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- 17,99 zł
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- 17,99 zł
Publisher Description
The genteel façade of London’s Hampstead is shattered by a series of terrifying murders, and the ensuing police hunt is threatened by internal politics, and a burgeoning love triangle within the investigative team. Pressurised by senior officers desperate for a result a new initiative is clearly needed, but what?
Intellectual analysis and police procedure vie with the gut instinct of ‘copper’s nose’, and help appears to offer itself from a very unlikely source – a famous fictional detective. A psychological profile of the murderer allows the police to narrow down their search, but will Scotland Yard lose patience with the team before they can crack the case?
Praised by fellow authors and readers alike, this is a truly original crime story, speaking to a contemporary audience yet harking back to the Golden Age of detective fiction. Intelligent, quirky and mannered, it has been described as ‘a love letter to the detective novel’. Above it all hovers Hampstead, a magical village evoking the elegance of an earlier time, and the spirit of mystery-solving detectives.
Guy Fraser-Sampson is an established writer best known for his series of ‘Mapp and Lucia’ novels which have been featured on BBC Radio 4 and optioned by BBC television. This is his debut work of detective fiction, and the first title in the Hampstead Murders series.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Fraser-Sampson, the author of the nonfiction The Mess We're In: Why Politicians Can't Fix Financial Crises, blends the grittiness and authenticity of modern-day police procedurals with the style of golden age detective fiction in this entertaining but flawed first volume of the Hampstead Murders series. North London police officers struggle to identify and apprehend a serial killer who has been terrifying the Hampstead populace for nearly 18 months. After Supt. Simon Collison assumes command of the floundering investigation and turns to an amateur profiler for help, suspects are soon identified but internal leaks, a love triangle among team members, and a bizarre mental breakdown (the profiler believes he's Dorothy L. Sayers's fictional detective Lord Peter Wimsey) threaten to derail the arrest and prosecution of the elusive killer. An impressively knotty story line and numerous references to the style and wit of golden age detective stories compensate for two-dimensional characters, particularly the investigators.
