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The detective's daughter

Thomson, Lesley 1958- (Author).

Summary: Kate Rokesmith's decision to go to the river changed the lives of many. Her murder shocked the nation. Her husband, never charged, moved abroad under a cloud of suspicion. Her son, just four years old, grew up in a loveless boarding school. And Detective Inspector Darnell, vowing to leave no stone unturned in the search for her killer, began to lose his only daughter. The young Stella Darnell grew to resent the dead Kate Rokesmith. Now, thirty years later, Stella is dutifully sorting through her father's attic after his sudden death. The Rokesmith case papers are in a corner, gathering dust: DI Darnell must have copied them when he retired from the force. Stella knows she should destroy them. Instead, she opens the box, and starts to read...

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  • ISBN: 9781781850763 (trade pbk.) :
  • ISBN: 9781908800251
  • Physical Description: 472, 12 p. : maps ; 20 cm.
  • Edition: Paperback ed.
  • Publisher: London : Head of Zeus, 2014, c2013.

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Originally published: 2013.
Contains an excerpt of "Ghost girl" by the author.

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Subject: Cold cases (Criminal investigation) -- Fiction
Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction
Children of police -- Fiction
Father and daughters -- Fiction
Hammersmith (London, England) -- Fiction
Thames River (England) -- Fiction
Genre: Mystery fiction.

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