The awkward squad
(Book)
Uniform Title:
Author:
Contributors:
Gordon, Sam, 1985- translator.
Published:
New York :
Format:
Book
Edition:
First edition.
Physical Desc:
viii, 262 pages ; 24 cm
Status:
Description
"A new crime series starring Anne Capestan a brilliant but disgraced police officer placed in charge of a team of department misfits to investigate decades old unsolved crimes...Suspended from her job as a promising police officer for firing "one bullet too many", Anne Capestan is expecting the worst when she is summoned to H.Q. to learn her fate. Instead, she is surprised to be told that she is to head up a new police squad, working on solving old cold cases. Though relived to still have a job, Capestanis not overjoyed by the prospect of her new role. Even less so when she meets her new team: a crowd of misfits, troublemakers and problem cases, none of whom are fit for purpose and yet none of whom can be fired. But from this inauspicious start, investigating the cold cases throws up a number a number of strange mysteries for Capestan and her team: was the old lady murdered seven years ago really just the victim of a botched robbery? Who was behind the dead sailor discovered in the Seine with three gunshot wounds? And why does there seem to be a curious link with a ferry that was shipwrecked off the Florida coast many years previously?"--
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Location
Call Number
Status
Branford/Blackstone Adult Fiction
MYSTERY
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East Lyme Public Adult Fiction
Hénaff, Sophie (Awkward)
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Gales Ferry (LPL) Adult Fiction
F Henaff
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Ivoryton Adult Fiction
F HENAFF
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Old Saybrook/Acton Adult Mystery
M HENAFF
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Wallingford Adult Fiction
HENAFF
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More Details
Street Date:
1804
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781681440033, 1681440032
Notes
Description
"A new crime series starring Anne Capestan a brilliant but disgraced police officer placed in charge of a team of department misfits to investigate decades old unsolved crimes...Suspended from her job as a promising police officer for firing "one bullet too many", Anne Capestan is expecting the worst when she is summoned to H.Q. to learn her fate. Instead, she is surprised to be told that she is to head up a new police squad, working on solving old cold cases. Though relived to still have a job, Capestanis not overjoyed by the prospect of her new role. Even less so when she meets her new team: a crowd of misfits, troublemakers and problem cases, none of whom are fit for purpose and yet none of whom can be fired. But from this inauspicious start, investigating the cold cases throws up a number a number of strange mysteries for Capestan and her team: was the old lady murdered seven years ago really just the victim of a botched robbery? Who was behind the dead sailor discovered in the Seine with three gunshot wounds? And why does there seem to be a curious link with a ferry that was shipwrecked off the Florida coast many years previously?"--,Provided by publisher.
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APA Citation (style guide)
Hénaff, S., & Gordon, S. The awkward squad. First edition.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Hénaff, Sophie and Sam Gordon. The Awkward Squad. .
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Hénaff, Sophie and Sam Gordon, The Awkward Squad. .
MLA Citation (style guide)Hénaff, Sophie, and Sam Gordon. The Awkward Squad. First edition.
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