Tell the Truth, Shame the Devil
Chief Inspector Bish Ortley of the London Met, divorced and still grieving the death of his son, has been drowning his anger in Scotch. Something has to give, and he’s no sooner suspended from the force than a busload of British students is subject to a deadly bomb attack across the Channel....
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Chief Inspector Bish Ortley of the London Met, divorced and still grieving the death of his son, has been drowning his anger in Scotch. Something has to give, and he’s no sooner suspended from the force than a busload of British students is subject to a deadly bomb attack across the Channel. Bish’s daughter is one of those on board.Also on the bus is Violette LeBrac. Raise
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Format: Paperback
ISBN:
9780670079100 (0670079103)
Pages no: 432
Edition language: English
Quick review for a progressive read. It's hard to describe my reactions to this novel, because, on one hand, this is quite apt to Melina Marchetta's style of writing - strong characterizations, compelling family-centered stories, and emotional revelations on the topics she touches upon (particularly...
Marchetta does not play around with small potatoes: fifteen years after a notorious terrorist bomb explodes in London everyone who was in any way involved is forced to reexamine their previous assumptions when a bomb goes off on the bus of a group of British teens touring France. After reading The L...
When I requested this book on Netgalley I wasn't expecting to like it as much as I did. From the first page I was sucked into the story and couldn't put it down. This story follows Bish, a suspended police officer, who ends up investigating the bombing of his daughter's bus when she was on a trip to...
7 years ago
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