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      The Back of the North Wind

      by Nicolas Freeling
      Published
      Nov 1983
      Main Genre
      Law Enforcement Law Enforcement
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      224
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      A Henry Castang Mystery Book 7

      About This Book

      Murder, cannibalism, political skulduggery -- it's all in a week's work for Inspector Henri Castang.

      Henri Castang, a thirty-year veteran of the French National Police, returns from vacation to find some dirty and dangerous business awaiting him. In short order he must deal with the gruesome murder of a young woman; the seemingly linked killings of two ordinary citizens; a very pretty, very young, and very hostile prostitute; and the decidedly nasty undercurrent of intrigue within his own department.

      Nicolas Freeling has created in Henri Castang a thinking man's cop. He has, moreover, provided Castang with a wry, intelligent, and feisty wife. The result is a rare crime novel, a compelling view of human nature at its very worst - and its very best.

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      Book 7
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      Law Enforcement

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      Nov 1984 Penguin ISBN13 9780140069532 ISBN10 0140069534
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      First Edition Nov 1983 Viking ISBN13 9780670143986 ISBN10 0670143987
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      Jan 1985 John Curley & Assoc ISBN13 9780893408152 ISBN10 0893408158
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