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PublisherHouse of Stratus, Incorporated

ISBN-100755114043

ISBN-139780755114047

eBay Product ID (ePID)73520554

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Book TitleGideon's Fire

Number of Pages208 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicCrime, Thrillers / General, Mystery & Detective / General

Publication Year2011

FeaturesNew Edition

GenreFiction

AuthorJohn Creasey

Book SeriesGideon of Scotland Yard Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.5 in

Item Weight9.3 Oz

Item Length8.1 in

Item Width5.3 in

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ReviewsGideon of Scotland Yard emerges as one of the most real working detectives in modern fiction.... A sympathetic and believable professional policeman., Marric (Creasey) keeps his plots going and tightens them up, with the expertise of a juggler. His method is strictly documentary. But the understanding and emphasis on routine effectively build up the drama. He depicts the enormous job of the Yard with realism and knowledge., Gideon of Scotland Yard emerges as one of the most real working detectives in modern fiction ... a sympathetic and believable professional policeman., New York Times, 'Marric keeps his plots going and tightens them up, with the expertise of a juggler. His method is strictly documentary. But the understanding and emphasis on routine effectively build up the drama. He depicts the enormous job of the Yard with realism and knowledge.', Books of the Month, Commander Gideon is now so firmly established that it is hard to realise that he does not really exist. He and his aides, his family, his friends, have developed a solidarity, a presence, that makes rather sad the realisation that they are only fictional., Books and Bookmen, Commander Gideon is now so firmly established that it is hard to realise that he does not really exist. He and his aides, his family, his friends, have developed a solidarity, a presence, that makes rather sad the realisation that they are only fictional., 'Marric keeps his plots going and tightens them up, with the expertise of a juggler. His method is strictly documentary. But the understanding and emphasis on routine effectively build up the drama. He depicts the enormous job of the Yard with realism and knowledge.', Gideon of Scotland Yard emerges as one of the most real working detectives in modern fiction ... a sympathetic and believable professional policeman.

Series Volume Number7

Edition DescriptionNew Edition

SynopsisCommander George Gideon of Scotland Yard has to deal successively with news of a mass murderer, a depraved maniac, and the deaths of a family in an arson attack on an old building south of the river. This leaves little time for the crisis developing at home.