Book 12 in the Peter Diamond series from the CWA Gold,
Silver, and Diamond Dagger-winning master of fair play
crime
fiction, Peter Lovesey.
PC Harry Trasker is
the
third policeman in the Bath area to be shot dead in less
than twelve weeks. The assassinations are the work of a
sniper who seems to be everywhere and nowhere at once,
always a step ahead.The younger detectives od their best
with what little evidence he leaves, but they're no
match
for this murderer and his merciless agenda.
When
Chief Superintendent Peter Diamond is assigned to the
case,
he begins to find curious connections between the dead
officers after talking to their widows. But then a
chilling
encounter wit the killer leaves Diamond in the lurch and
the sniper in the wind. Things get even more complicated
when the evidence starts to suggest that the killer
might
be one of Britain's finest--a theory unpopular among
Diamond's colleagues. Can Diamond manage to capture an
elusive and increasingly dangerous killer while keeping
his
team from losing faith in him?