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The Murder Line
(1974)(The eighth book in the C.I.D. Room series)
A novel by Peter Alding (Roderic Jeffries)
The line stretched from Hong Kong to Fortrow and along it passed the heroin that was making Ed Murphy rich...
His need to keep this line open is top priority and anyone who jeopardises this is expendable.
But when a body is discovered, clearly murdered, Detective Inspector Fusil suspects that this is a hit for the mob boss.
Soon the entire force is working the case.
But can he trust everyone in his team?
Detective Constable Fred Rowan is the first on the scene. Little does he know, this the case could ruin his career...
Meanwhile, Murphy is desperate to know whether the arrest of one of his couriers has compromised his supply.
Threatening Rowan with releasing compromising information on Rowan's wife, he believes he has his new inside source.
Rowan is facing a difficult choice. Betray what he has worked for his whole life? Or save his wife?
In the midst of marriage trouble, suspicions of fidelity and family priorities, Rowan knows he will do anything for her.
But now he needs to act. Fast.
Can he bring himself to become a traitor? Does he report the blackmail?
Or does he need to work alone to bring down this criminal boss before his family is ruined?
The Murder Line is a fast paced, well plotted novel, full of suspense and emotional turmoil, written by a master of the genre.
"Jeffries' fresh twists and excellent characterizations make any novel by him an exciting reading experience." - San Francisco Chronicle
Roderic Jeffries was born in London in 1926 and went to sea in 1943. Six years later he left that trade to become a lawyer. He again changed profession to become a writer. Since 1951, he has written over one hundred and sixty novels under his own name and several other pseudonyms. He began his career by writing books featuring his father's character, Blackshirt, a popular detective whose adventures have appeared in print for many decades. In time Jeffries branched out and began to write a variety of mystery novels under his own name and several pen names, including Peter Alding and Jeffrey Ashford.
Genre: Mystery
His need to keep this line open is top priority and anyone who jeopardises this is expendable.
But when a body is discovered, clearly murdered, Detective Inspector Fusil suspects that this is a hit for the mob boss.
Soon the entire force is working the case.
But can he trust everyone in his team?
Detective Constable Fred Rowan is the first on the scene. Little does he know, this the case could ruin his career...
Meanwhile, Murphy is desperate to know whether the arrest of one of his couriers has compromised his supply.
Threatening Rowan with releasing compromising information on Rowan's wife, he believes he has his new inside source.
Rowan is facing a difficult choice. Betray what he has worked for his whole life? Or save his wife?
In the midst of marriage trouble, suspicions of fidelity and family priorities, Rowan knows he will do anything for her.
But now he needs to act. Fast.
Can he bring himself to become a traitor? Does he report the blackmail?
Or does he need to work alone to bring down this criminal boss before his family is ruined?
The Murder Line is a fast paced, well plotted novel, full of suspense and emotional turmoil, written by a master of the genre.
Praise for Roderic Jeffries
"Jeffries' fresh twists and excellent characterizations make any novel by him an exciting reading experience." - San Francisco Chronicle
Roderic Jeffries was born in London in 1926 and went to sea in 1943. Six years later he left that trade to become a lawyer. He again changed profession to become a writer. Since 1951, he has written over one hundred and sixty novels under his own name and several other pseudonyms. He began his career by writing books featuring his father's character, Blackshirt, a popular detective whose adventures have appeared in print for many decades. In time Jeffries branched out and began to write a variety of mystery novels under his own name and several pen names, including Peter Alding and Jeffrey Ashford.
Genre: Mystery
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