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1980 (The Red Riding Quartet)

1980 (The Red Riding Quartet)

Author(s): David Peace

Location(s): Yorkshire

Genre(s): Crime

Era(s): 1980s

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Fiction set in Yorkshire. Nineteen Eighty is set against an evolving backdrop of power, corruption and lies. The nightmare continues during the winter of 1980 when the Ripper murders his thirteenth victim and the whole of Yorkshire is terrorised. Assistant Chief Constable Hunter struggles to solve the hellish crimes and bring an end to the horror, but is drawn ever deeper into a world of bent coppers and sleaze. After his house is burned down, his wife is threatened and his colleagues turn against him, Hunter’s quest becomes personal as he has nothing left to lose. Nineteen Eighty is a compelling battle between two desperate men, each determined to destroy the other. This third volume of the Red Riding Quartet displays Peace’s unique voice which places him as one of the UK’s finest crime writers.

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‘Quite simply, this is the future of British crime fiction’ Time Out

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