MARTIN EDWARDS
Eve of Destruction
A Harry Devlin Mystery
Martin Edwards . . . writes terrific crime novels about Harry Devlin, a charming but down-at-heel solicitor with bruised emotions, a nice line in self-deprecation, and a penchant for Mersey low-life."—The Guardian
When Liverpool solicitor and detective Harry Devlin takes on a client who has been taping his wife's telephone conversations with her lover, he gets more than he bargained for. The first mystery is the identity of Becky's boyfriend, whose voice Harry finds oddly familiar. Then, as a case of adultery slides frighteningly into conspiracy to murder, a trespasser makes a shocking discovery: three dead bodies in a converted church. Who are they? Who has killed them, and why? Trapped in a maze where neither victims nor apparent culprit are who they seem to be, Harry must go into the dark places of the human heart to find the answers.
"A fine mixture of uninhibited lust and terrifying violence. . . . A fine example of the no-holds-barred school."—Michael Gilbert
"Eve of Destruction is Martin Edwards at his considerable best. . . . The serpent of old Mersey has us in his toils from the word go."—Robert Barnard
"Tightly plotted with engaging characterization, as one comes to expect from a Martin Edwards novel."—Deadly Pleasures
Martin Edwards is one of Britain's most talented young crime writers, whose atmospheric writing, sharp characterization, and ingenious plotting have won him wide critical acclaim. He is the editor of (and a contributor to) the 1997 Crime Writers' Association anthology Perfectly Criminal and author of several previous detective novels. He lives in Liverpool, England.
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