Nineteen Seventy-four: The Red Riding Quartet, Book OneThe first installment of David Peace's electrifying Red Riding Quartet vividly brings to life a gritty, dangerous working class city tormented by a series of brutal murders. Nineteen Seventy-Four follows Eddie Dunford, the newly minted crime correspondent for the Yorkshire Post. His first story is about Clare Kemplay, a young girl recently found brutally murdered. While the police department and other crime reporters at the newspaper believe it's an isolated incident, Eddie finds a pattern between Clare's disappearance and those of other girls from a few years earlier. Despite his better judgment, and against the advice of others, he starts to dig deep. What he finds is a nightmare of corruption, violence, blackmail, and obsession that ultimately leads to a shocking, explosive conclusion. |
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... photograph of a smiling girl , saying , ' Copies of this recent school photograph will be distri- buted at the end . ' Oldman took another sip of water . Chairs scraped , papers rustled , the mother sniffed , the father stared . ' Mrs ...
... photograph of a smiling girl , saying , ' Copies of this recent school photograph will be distri- buted at the end . ' Oldman took another sip of water . Chairs scraped , papers rustled , the mother sniffed , the father stared . ' Mrs ...
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... photograph . I felt a nudge . It was Gilman again . ' Doesn't look so fucking good does it ? ' ' No , ' I said , Clare Kemplay's face smiling up at me . ' Poor cow . What must she be going through , eh ? " ' Yeah , ' I said , looking at ...
... photograph . I felt a nudge . It was Gilman again . ' Doesn't look so fucking good does it ? ' ' No , ' I said , Clare Kemplay's face smiling up at me . ' Poor cow . What must she be going through , eh ? " ' Yeah , ' I said , looking at ...
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... photographs . I looked at my father's watch ; eight bleeding thirty . ' So what do you think ? ' Not hiding my irritation . Hadden held up a black and white photograph of some footballers , one of them Gordon McQueen , going up for a ...
... photographs . I looked at my father's watch ; eight bleeding thirty . ' So what do you think ? ' Not hiding my irritation . Hadden held up a black and white photograph of some footballers , one of them Gordon McQueen , going up for a ...
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... photograph . ' Right up your street . ' ' Thank you , I will . ' I closed the door . From behind the door , ' And don't forget to talk to Jack . ' One two three four , down the stairs and through the door : The Press Club , in the ...
... photograph . ' Right up your street . ' ' Thank you , I will . ' I closed the door . From behind the door , ' And don't forget to talk to Jack . ' One two three four , down the stairs and through the door : The Press Club , in the ...
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... photographs , no certificates , no trophies . The door opened . The black hair , the white face , the hand outstretched , the grip tight . ' Pleased to meet you , Mr Dunford . How's Jack Whitehead and that boss of yours ? ' ' Fine ...
... photographs , no certificates , no trophies . The door opened . The black hair , the white face , the hand outstretched , the grip tight . ' Pleased to meet you , Mr Dunford . How's Jack Whitehead and that boss of yours ? ' ' Fine ...
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