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In his Cornish hideaway, retired Detective Inspector Frank Elder's solitary life is disturbed by a call from his estranged wife, telling him his 17-year-old daughter, Katherine, is running wild, unbalanced by a rape he feels he should have prevented.

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©2005 John Harvey (P)2006 W. F. Howes Ltd

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Like Ian Rankin?

Somewhere I thought I read a review that likened this book to Ian Rankin's Rebus series. Maybe not, but that's why I chose it.

Like Rebus, Elder has a daughter who was criminally traumatized. He has been around a long time. But, and this is key, Elder lacks Rebus' sense of humor.

This book is entirely humorless. It plods along. It's bad guys are very creepy and awful. One dimensional. I gave the book two stars simply because it wasn't horrible. But I did fast forward through parts of it and easily followed the story. I would never compare this style of writing with Rankin's.

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