Bücher von J. L. Durnie

'The best crime debut I've read in a long time' OntheShelfBooks 1988, Hackney, East London. The most dangerous place in Britain.As crime rates rise and convictions fall, a ruthless group of Metropolitan Police officers take it upon themselves to impose punishments that the justice system has failed to deliver. Detective Inspector Cat Skeldon - driven and ambitious - has been assigned to lead a team that will covertly investigate the illicit clique.When he witnesses the brutal execution of three young men, PC Arran Cunningham finds himself enmeshed in both factions. To make things worse, only Arran seems to be aware that one of the murdered men was completely innocent. Secretly hunting down the missing guilty man, he must try and provide Skeldon with information on the corrupt network whilst obscuring his own involvement. But when he discovers the identity of the criminal who has escaped punishment, plans change and Arran may be forced to kill the man himself. 'Hunts' is the first part of the 'Hunts/Skins/Kills' trilogy and tells the story of how British policing's most clandestine unit began and reveals the genesis of the Skeldon-Cunningham investigative partnership.