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Product Identifiers
PublisherHoughton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
ISBN-100151013632
ISBN-139780151013630
eBay Product ID (ePID)59153359
Product Key Features
Book TitleGone to Ground
Number of Pages400 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicMystery & Detective / Police Procedural, Lgbt / Gay
Publication Year2008
GenreFiction
AuthorJohn Harvey
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0 in
Item Weight23.6 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2006-037390
ReviewsPRAISE FOR FLESH & BLOOD "A superb mystery—excruciatingly suspenseful, rich in character and all too real in its depiction of the horrific possibilities lurking in the margins of the mundane."— The Washington Post Book World PRAISE FOR ASH & BONE "Harvey's detectives . . . are the real deal—strong men who are sensitive enough to empathize with other people."— The New York Times Book Review, PRAISE FOR FLESH & BLOOD "A superb mystery--excruciatingly suspenseful, rich in character and all too real in its depiction of the horrific possibilities lurking in the margins of the mundane."-- The Washington Post Book World PRAISE FOR ASH & BONE "Harvey's detectives . . . are the real deal--strong men who are sensitive enough to empathize with other people."-- The New York Times Book Review, PRAISE FORFLESH & BLOOD "A superb mystery—excruciatingly suspenseful, rich in character and all too real in its depiction of the horrific possibilities lurking in the margins of the mundane."—The Washington Post Book World PRAISE FORASH & BONE "Harvey's detectives . . . are the real deal—strong men who are sensitive enough to empathize with other people."—The New York Times Book Review
Dewey Edition22
Dewey Decimal823/.914
SynopsisWhen police detective Will Grayson and his partner, Helen Walker, investigate the violent death of Stephen Bryan, a gay academic, their first thoughts are of an ill-judged sexual encounter or a fatal lovers' quarrel: The man's face was like a glove that had been pulled inside out. But they soon shift focus to the book Bryan was writing about the life and mysterious death of fifties film star Stella Leonard. While Bryan's sister puts herself in danger by conducting her owninvestigation, Grayson and Walker peel away the secrets of a family blighted by a lust for wealth and power and by its perverted sexuality. On the heels of his critically acclaimed Frank Elder series, John Harvey delivers a page-turner both subtle and devastating., When police detective Will Grayson and his partner, Helen Walker, investigate the violent death of Stephen Bryan, a gay academic, their first thoughts are of an ill-judged sexual encounter or a fatal lovers' quarrel: The man's face was like a glove that had been pulled inside out. But they soon shift focus to the book Bryan was writing about the life and mysterious death of fifties film star Stella Leonard. While Bryan's sister puts herself in danger by conducting her own investigation, Grayson and Walker peel away the secrets of a family blighted by a lust for wealth and power and by its perverted sexuality. On the heels of his critically acclaimed Frank Elder series, John Harvey delivers a page-turner both subtle and devastating.
LC Classification NumberPR6058.A6989G66 2007
