Easy Streets (Harpur and Iles Series #21)

"A brilliant combination of almost Jacobean savagery and sexual betrayal with a tart comedy of contemporary manners." —John Harvey, The Guardian. For years Colin Harpur's dubious boss, Assistant Chief Constable Desmond Iles, ran a questionable but practical arrangement with Mansel Shale and Panicking Ralph Ember, owner of the Monty Club: Iles would protect their businesses if they ensured peace on the streets. But the arrangement fails when violence erupts. After a small-time criminal's hou...