The Heights

by Parker Bilal

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Pub Date Nov 03 2020 | Archive Date Aug 29 2020

Canongate | Black Thorn

General Fiction (Adult) | Mystery & Thrillers

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What starts with the gruesome discovery of a severed head on the Tube soon becomes personal for former DI Cal Drake. After one betrayal too many, Drake has abandoned the police force to become a private detective. He’s joined forces with enigmatic forensic pathologist Dr Rayhana Crane, and it’s not long before the case leads them to the darkest corners of the nation’s capital and into dangerously close contact with an international crime circuit, a brutal local rivalry, and a very personal quest for retribution. With the murder victim closely tied to Drake’s past, his new future is about to come under threat.

What starts with the gruesome discovery of a severed head on the Tube soon becomes personal for former DI Cal Drake. After one betrayal too many, Drake has abandoned the police force to become a...

Advance Praise

Praise for The Divinities:

'Terrific crime fiction rooted in geopolitics'
Sunday Times

'Bilal tells the story with ferocious, exhilarating energy . . . essential reading'
Daily Telegraph

'Told with a delicate elegance . . . It promises to be a fine series'
Daily Mail

'A fresh and vivid portrait of a city that is less melting pot than explosive pressure cooker'
Guardian

Praise for The Divinities:

'Terrific crime fiction rooted in geopolitics'
Sunday Times

'Bilal tells the story with ferocious, exhilarating energy . . . essential reading'
Daily Telegraph

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EDITION	Other Format
ISBN	9781838850807
PRICE	$15.00 (USD)
PAGES	320

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kATHLEEN G, Reviewer

I suspect I would have enjoyed this more if I'd read the first book. Bilal has packed a lot into a relatively slim novel that starts with the dramatic discovery of a severed head on a tube train. Turns out the head might belong to Zelda, a woman who was Cal Drake's informant when he was a DI. He's gone private now, along with Dr Rayhana Crane. These two are hired to find someone, she's got a father with complicated finances, and old problems come back to roost. It's interesting, if a bit of a sleigh ride. Thanks to Netgalley for the ARC. I did like the characters but would have pared away some of the subplots.