The Goodbye LookLew Archer, world weary private investigator, is hired by Larry and Irene Chalmers when they suspect that their troubled son Nick is involved in their own burglary. But when a fellow investigator one who's been working with Nick turns up dead, Archer soon realizes this isn't simply about some stolen loot. To help their son, Archer must uncover the truth about a kidnap years ago, and discover why the handgun from a decades old killing apparently turns

he manages to find time for a keen interest in cricket

Set close to the Heathrow feed roads of Hounslow

disarm Sunday with their charm

like tadpoles

Then Eloise

the sacrifice

Russell has also created a richly textured scenario where the City of Hamburg plays a central role -it is a city where the old Germany combines increasingly with the new

she has trained to slay wyrms - but none have appeared since the Nameless One

General Midwinter

Exposed as a fraud

The paths of the Hardwickes' and the deadly couple are about to collide

with one vertiginious plunge after another