Friend of the devil (Inspector Alan Banks mystery. #17.)
Mysteries and crime stories, Police procedural fiction
Automated braille
Summary
When Karen Drew is found sitting in her wheelchair staring out to sea with her throat cut one chilly morning, DI Annie Cabbot, on loan to Eastern Area, gets lumbered with the case. Back in Eastvale, that same Sunday morning,… 19-year-old Hayley Daniels is found raped and strangled in the dark tangle of cobbled alleyways they call the Maze, and DCI Alan Banks is called in. Banks finds suspects galore, while Annie seems to hit a brick wall - until she reaches a breakthrough, one that also involves Banks. It soon becomes clear that there are two killers in their midst, and that at any moment either one might strike again. Violence and strong language. 2008, c2007. (Inspector Banks ; 17)