Body and Soul

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'John Harvey is one of the all-time greats and remains one of my favourite writers.' - Ian Rankin n _____________________ n n Frank Elder's last case could be the one that breaks him for good. n n The heavy manacles around the girl's wrists, perhaps not surprisingly, looked very much like the ones that had been found on the studio floor. For a moment, she had a vision of the chain to which they were attached being swung through the air, taking on force and speed before striking home. Then swung again. n n When his estranged daughter Katherine appears on his doorstep, ex-Detective Frank Elder knows that something is wrong. n n Katherine has long been troubled, and Elder has always felt powerless to help her. But now Katherine has begun to self-destruct; the breakdown of her affair with a controversial artist, known for his pornographic paintings, has sent her into a tailspin. n n But when the artist is found murdered in his studio, suspicion falls on Katherine. The vultures are circling. n n And as Elder struggles to protect his daughter and prove her innocence, the terrors of the past threaten them both once more... n n n Daily Telegraph Book of the Year n _____________________ n n 'A masterpiece from a master of the genre.' - Mark Billingham n n 'An expertly plotted and moving final act for an old-school investigator of the best sort, from a true master of the genre' - Guardian Books of the Month n n 'This is wonderfully atmospheric crime writing - a tribute to Harvey's exceptional talent' - Daily Mail n n 'The 79-year-old Harvey has made it clear that Body & Soul is his last novel, and what an excellent farewell it is .... Elder and Resnick are both greats of British crime fiction.' - The Times Book of the Month n n `Few writers have even approached Harvey's grasp of atmosphere which, m