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When the decomposed body of a young woman is found near some railway tracks just outside Bristol one hot May morning, all indications are that she committed suicide. That’ s how the police want it too -- all neatly squared away. But DI Jack Caffery is not so sure. He is on the trail of... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Jack Caffery: Add a description of this character.
- Kitson
- Thom
- Ruth Lindermilk
- Lucy Mahoney
- Georges Gerber
- Mandy
- Beatrice
- Johnny Brown
- Stevie
- Pooley
- Amos Chipeta
- Marsha
- Dundas
- Katherine
- Stuart Pearce
- Daisy
- Phoebe
- Ben Jakes
- Marley
- Flea
- Sarge
- Clement Chipeta
- Ian
- Turnbull
- Penderecki
- Di Caffery
- Ewan
Quotes edit
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“When you've got a child there is a line from you to the child that exists for ever and cannot be broken. At the moment the only child Jack Caffery has a line to is a dead one. Therefore your link is to death. But you know and I know -- we both know -- for you there could be a child who lives. Stop looking at death, Jack Caffery. If you stop looking at death, death will stop sending out its handmaidens to find you.”
The Walking Man
Setting & Locations edit
First Sentence edit
Human skin is an organ.
Series & Lists edit
This is book 4 of 6 in Jack Caffery. (standard series)
Subjects edit
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