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Name: The Girl With the Long Back
Author: Bill James
Year: 2003
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Genres/categories: Mystery, Crime

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With the rumored transfer of Chief of Police Mark Lane, London's competitive drug lords are on edge. In the past, Desmond Iles has managed to maintain the peace on the streets in an old-fashioned system of give a little, take a little. But suddenly Iles is in danger of losing his power when the new chief constable comes to town, and, to preempt the new regime, the drug gangs begin a struggle for dominance. Adding to this volatile situation, Harpur sends a female undercover agent to infiltrate one of the gangs. With a dangerous mix of greed and fear, the looming threat of a stricter police force, and three sudden deaths, all sides are preparing themselves for a full-scale battle of the ugliest kind.


A deliciously witty addition to a classic series, The Girl with the Long Back heightens the urgency and pace of the tantalizing London underworld in which cops and criminals, and all of their clever asides, are sketched in fantastic detail.
This book is part of the "Harpur & Iles" series.
Here are some other books from this series:
Panicking Ralph
First published 1997
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Top Banana
First published 1996
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Pay Days: A Harpur & Iles Mystery
First published 2001
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You'd Better Believe It
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The Lolita Man
First published 1987
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Halo Parade
First published 1987
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Pay Days
First published 2001
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In the Absence of Iles
First published 2008
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Hotbed
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I am Gold
First published 2010
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