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| Deathwatch (1985) (The fourth book in the Sgt. Bragg / Constable Morton series) A novel by Ray Harrison |
Publisher's Weekly
The setting is London just before the turn of the century, but Harrison's third mystery featuring the veteran detec tive-sergeant Joseph Bragg and the toney young constable James Morton has a distinctly modern air. The Home Office has assigned its Special Branch to investigate recent union activity, but when the body of an undercover officer is found impaled on the spiked railing of Allhallows Church, the coroner puts Bragg on the case. Then Bragg is framed on a rape charge and it's up to Morton, with the assistance of a feisty young female reporter, to find out who is stirring things up and why. Elements of industrial and international espio nage, military technology, romance and even a suggestion of partisan terrorism build to a high-flying, balloon-chasing climax in this tale that's a period piece only in its trappings.
Genre: Mystery
The setting is London just before the turn of the century, but Harrison's third mystery featuring the veteran detec tive-sergeant Joseph Bragg and the toney young constable James Morton has a distinctly modern air. The Home Office has assigned its Special Branch to investigate recent union activity, but when the body of an undercover officer is found impaled on the spiked railing of Allhallows Church, the coroner puts Bragg on the case. Then Bragg is framed on a rape charge and it's up to Morton, with the assistance of a feisty young female reporter, to find out who is stirring things up and why. Elements of industrial and international espio nage, military technology, romance and even a suggestion of partisan terrorism build to a high-flying, balloon-chasing climax in this tale that's a period piece only in its trappings.
Genre: Mystery
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Hardback Editions
January 1986 : Hardback
| Title: Deathwatch Author(s): Ray Harrison ISBN: 0-684-18425-7 / 978-0-684-18425-8 (USA edition) Publisher: Scribner Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
June 1985 : Hardback
| Title: Deathwatch (Quartet qrime) Author(s): Ray Harrison ISBN: 0-7043-2510-1 / 978-0-7043-2510-4 (UK edition) Publisher: Quartet Books Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
Paperback Editions
February 1989 : Paperback
| Title: Deathwatch Author(s): Ray Harrison ISBN: 0-425-11392-2 / 978-0-425-11392-9 (USA edition) Publisher: Berkley Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
January 1986 : Paperback
| Title: DEATHWATCH. Author(s): Ray. Harrison Publisher: Scribner's, Availability: Amazon More details... |
Other Editions
January 1986 : Unknown
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