Design of the Times by Christopher Frayling
An extremely good crime novel, brimming with historical verisimilitude . . . with a richly detailed protagonist and a seriously compelling mystery. Booklist on Black RockIn the weeks before hosting the 1976 Summer Olympics, the Montreal police are tightening security to prevent another catastrophe like the 72 games in Munich. But it isn t tight enough to stop nearly three million dollars being stolen in a bold daytime Brink s truck robbery. As the high-profile heist continues to baffle the police, Constable Eddie Dougherty gets a chance to prove his worth as a detective when he s assigned to assist the suburban Longueuil force in investigating the deaths of two teenagers returning from a rock concert across the Jacques Cartier Bridge. Were they mugged and thrown from the bridge? Or was it a murder-suicide?
With tensions running high in the city and his future career at stake, Dougherty faces the limits of the force and of his own policing, and has to decide when to settle and when justice is the only thing that should be obeyed.
Frayling, Christopher: - Christopher Frayling is an art historian, critic and award-winning broadcaster. He is a Professor Emeritus and a Fellow of Churchill College Cambridge and was awarded a knighthood in 2001 for Services to Art and Design Education. He has published several books including, Ken Adam: The Art of Production Design and Once Upon a Time in Italy. His television and radio series include Nightmare: The Birth of Horror, America: the movie and Britannia: the film.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780903685429 |
| ISBN 10 | 0903685426 |
| Title | Design of the Times |
| Author | Christopher Frayling |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Richard Dennis |
| Year published | 1996-02-01 |
| Number of pages | 80 |
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