In the absence of Iles
By: Bill James
Series: Harpur and Iles -- 25.
Publisher: Constable Crime
Published: 2008
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9781845297053
Subjects: Colin Harpur (Fictitious character); Police; Desmond Iles (Fictitious character); Fiction
Description: ACC Esther Davidson is having big trouble from a local gang, the Guild, and proposes to put an 'out-located' officer - that is, an undercover spy - into the criminal outfit. Desmond Iles might have been able to dissuade her if he'd been around. Esther goes ahead, with terrible consequences. Iles does, belatedly, try to help her.