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Death on Demand
Contributor(s): Thomas, Paul (Author)
ISBN: 1908524170     ISBN-13: 9781908524171
Publisher: Bitter Lemon Press
OUR PRICE:   $13.46  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: October 2013
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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Mystery & Detective - International Crime & Mystery
- Fiction | Mystery & Detective - Police Procedural
- Fiction | Mystery & Detective - Hard-boiled
Dewey: FIC
Series: Tito Ihaka
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5" W x 7.8" (0.60 lbs) 288 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - Australian
 
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Publisher Description:

It's the stuff the best gangster films are made of, perfectly composed, the action kept in the realm of reality and a steady, tense wire of human pathos running down its spine.--The Coast

Tito Ihaka, the maverick Maori cop, dances through a minefield of police politics, old grudges, blackmail, and gangs as he hunts a faceless killer in Auckland. Filled with helter-skelter storylines, witty dialogue, and captivating characters.--Herald on Sunday

Paul Thomas, the godfather of contemporary New Zealand crime writing, often described by some as Elmore Leonard on acid, has brought back offbeat local hero Detective Sergeant Tito Ihaka.

Maori cop Ihaka, unkempt, overweight, intemperate, unruly, unorthodox, and profane, is a cop unable to play the police politics necessary for promotion, but he's a man who has a way with women, and he's a stubborn investigator with an uncanny instinct for the truth.

Tito Ihaka is in the wilderness, having fallen foul of the new regime at Auckland Central. Called back to follow up a strange twist in the unsolved case that got him into trouble in the first place, Ihaka finds himself hunting a shadowy hitman who could have several notches on his belt.

His enemies want him off the case, but the bodies are piling up. Ihaka embarks on a quest to establish whether police corruption was behind the shooting of an undercover cop and--to complicate matters--he becomes involved with an enigmatic female suspect who could hold the key to everything.