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Death in Dark Waters

Yorkshire Mysteries Series, Book 9

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by Patricia Hall
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A gripping and thought-provoking mystery, Death in Dark Waters is the ninth book in the Yorkshire Mystery series to feature Patricia Hall's acclaimed Thackeray and Ackroyd, and is sure to please fans of this always fascinating, intelligent series.
The Carib Club is one of Bradfield's most popular night clubs, especially in the local black community—but it's in the heart of a Muslim district. Members of the local mosque are keen to get the club closed down, so when, after a night out clubbing, Jeremy Adams is knocked down by a taxi and left in a coma, the pressure on the Carib Club starts building. Jeremy had taken ecstasy tablets before the accident happened and his father, wealthy local businessman Grantley Adams, wants to know who supplied him with the pills.
DCI Michael Thackeray is put on the case but when none of the boy's friends seem willing to talk he finds himself getting nowhere fast. Meanwhile Thackeray's girlfriend, reporter Laura Ackroyd, is conducting her own investigation into Bradfield's drugs problem. A young boy has died after falling from a tower block on the Wuthering Heights housing estate-the police are blaming the accident on a heroin overdose, but his friends swear that he was clean.

  • Creators

  • Series

    Ackroyd and Thackeray

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    February 1, 2004

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      • ISBN: 9781429926577

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      • ISBN: 9781429926577
      • File size: 258 KB

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Publisher's Weekly

      February 1, 2004
      DCI Michael Thackeray, aided by reporter girlfriend Laura Ackroyd, takes on a grim case involving drugs and violence that may have links to a local Bradford mosque.

    • Library Journal

      February 1, 2004
      Detective Chief Inspector Michael Thackeray (Deep Freeze) investigates violent drug-related disturbances at a popular nightclub, while girlfriend/reporter Laura Ackroyd writes about drug problems in Bradfield. Then comes the suspicious death of a young man from a drug overdose. This intense, well-written procedural will appeal to fans of Peter Robinson and other British crime authors.

      Copyright 2004 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

    • Booklist

      January 1, 2004
      Set in Yorkshire, Hall's latest is part police procedural, part thriller, part commentary on problems in modern English culture. At the center of the story is policeman Michael Thackeray, whose personal life is in turmoil--he hasn't recovered from the tragic deaths of his wife and baby son, and he dulls his pain through a love affair with the bottle. Fortunately, this hasn't affected his job performance, at least so far. Thackeray's new love interest is reporter Laura Ackroyd, whose nose for news often brings her into conflict with both Michael and his bosses. When a teenager is injured in a hit-and-run accident after visiting a nightclub and apparently taking Ecstasy, both Thackeray and Ackroyd get involved in the investigation. They soon find a link between this incident and the death of another teenager on a local housing estate, and their subsequent investigation takes them deep into the dark side of the local drug trade. Well written, with a complex and entertaining plot, and plenty of suspense.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2004, American Library Association.)

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