Long Way Home
The launch of a major new detective series from the publishers of Henning Mankell, Arnaldur Indridason and Fred VargasPeterborough is changing. Migrant workers, both legal and illegal, are working in the fields, the factories and the pubs of the town. Most keep their heads down, keen to avoid...
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The launch of a major new detective series from the publishers of Henning Mankell, Arnaldur Indridason and Fred VargasPeterborough is changing. Migrant workers, both legal and illegal, are working in the fields, the factories and the pubs of the town. Most keep their heads down, keen to avoid trouble and DI Zigic and DS Ferreira from the local Hate Crimes Unit know all too well the issues that come with having a foreign name, no matter how long you've lived here. While Zigic ignores his father-in-law's needling about his Serbian background, Ferreira still burns with the resentment of years of childhood bullying for her Portuguese name and looks.But when a man is burnt alive in a suburban garden shed, it brings an unwelcome spotlight on to that world, and the two detectives are faced with investigating a murder in a community that has more reason than most not to trust the police. Against a background of simmering racial tension, Ferreira and Zigic must work with both victims and villains alike in this brilliantly written debut from a new crime writing talent.
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Format: ebook
ISBN:
9781448163304 (1448163307)
Publish date: January 2nd 2014
Publisher: Vintage Digital
Pages no: 337
Edition language: English
Series: DI Zigic and DS Ferreira (#1)
Long Way Home is easily one of my favourite books of the year. The murder of a migrant worker in Peterborough is being investigated by the hate crimes unit. Poverty, mistrust and racism all feature but don't overpower the book. The story is a strong one, was very easy to read and very difficult to p...