In the absense of Iles
By: Bill James
Edition: Large print edition.
Series: Harpur and Iles -- 25; The Harpur & Iles series; Harpur and Iles -- 25.
Publisher: Ulverscroft
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Leicester
Language: eng
Number of pages: 347
ISBN-13: 9781444801736
Subjects: Colin Harpur (Fictitious character); Fiction; Desmond Iles (Fictitious character); Police
Description: "When Assistant Chief Constable Desmond Iles misses a crucial conference, he's not around to give vital advice to a colleague, ACC Esther Davidson. A local gang, the Guild, is giving her big trouble and she proposes to put an undercover spy into the criminal outfit. Iles might have dissuaded her from this: he's sworn never to place anyone in such danger again after the murder of one of his undercover officers. Belatedly, he tries to help, and there's definitely sexual chemistry between the two - but Iles's speciality is nailing villains by any method, whether fair or foul ..."--Publisher description.
Notes: Originally published: London: Constable, 2008.