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Title details for The Graveyard Shift by Jack Higgins - Available

The Graveyard Shift

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by Jack Higgins
Patrick Macnee
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Hour before dawn, the human vermin of English society come out to play. Ben Garvald is one of those vermin, a recently released convict determined to collect the money he served time for. Nick Miller, a tough and intelligent cop, is new to the graveyard shift. His family and his co-workers can't quite understand him, but Miller is determined to get the job done by any means necessary. Nothing will stop him from finding Garvald and making the guilty pay a price. However, there is more than meets the eye when it comes to Garvald, and Miller must rise to the challenge, not knowing whom to trust. The Graveyard Shift is the first of three classic police thrillers featuring detective Nick Miller-now available in America for the first time.....

  • Creators

  • Series

    Nick Miller

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    January 30, 2006

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • File size: 148909 KB
      • Duration: 05:10:13

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Ben Garvold, a small-minded convict recently released from prison, is determined to collect the money stashed from his last crime. He's done the time. He's paid his dues. His wife and sister-in-law dread his release and ask for police protection. Detective Nick Miller, judo and karate expert, follows Garvold to learn where the stolen money is hidden. This 1960s police procedural never takes off. Even though characterizations are well done--British and Cockney accents are adeptly used to differentiate a variety of characters--the story remains flat. This is the first of three titles to be released in the United States. It's too bad the British didn't keep it. G.D.W. (c) AudioFile 2006, Portland, Maine
    • Publisher's Weekly

      November 11, 2002
      Previously published in England under Higgins's real name, Harry Patterson, this 1960s police thriller is the first of three featuring Detective Nick Miller to be released in the United States. Ben Garvald, a notorious thief, is finally getting out of prison, much to the dismay of his former wife and sister-in-law, who go so far as to enlist police protection. While Miller, an educated officer versed in judo and karate, tracks Garvald, hoping that the ex-con will lead him to stolen money never recovered from his final crime, Detective Constable Brady, a jealous colleague of Miller's, secretly confronts Garvald's ex-partner in an effort to solve the case himself. Instead, Brady winds up in a hospital bed, and Garvald, having witnessed the attack, becomes a target. Despite Miller's sophisticated front, he muscles information out of Garvald's acquaintances with the finesse of a hardboiled detective. Miller's abrasive personality takes some getting used to, as does his way with words (like a true '60s detective, he refers to women as "birds" and "tarts"). Though mystery buffs will appreciate the Mickey Spillane-like characters and cadence, this straightforward procedural lacks the espionage elements and historical content of Higgins's bestselling novels (The Eagle Has Landed) and may prove too dated for popular consumption.

Formats

  • OverDrive Listen audiobook

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Languages

  • English

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