The Hard Detective

By H.R.F. Keating

Book Overview

Known as the hard detective, Harriet Martens is despised by local criminals. When two of her officers are murdered, Harriet connects their deaths to the Bible's life for life, eye for eye text and attempts to prevent the six deaths that will surely complete the quotation.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 031224648X
• ISBN13: 9780312246488
• Release Date: August 2000
• Publisher: Minotaur Books
• Length: 236 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 1.0" x 5.8"

Customer Reviews

Hard Justice

Harriet Martin is the hard detective--she is always sure she's right. In THE HARD DETECTIVE, she faces a criminal who is even harder and even more certain about justice. The criminal is exacting the justice from Exodus--a life for a life, an eye for an eye, etc. on the police force of Birchester (England). Somehow Harriet must track down the killer before the police department is decimated. Yet can she do so and remain the Hard Detective?H. R. F. Keating has written a book that will intrigue the reader both through its subject matter and through the interesting differences between police procedures in the U.S. and in Britain. Harriet grows as a character, starting off harsh, yet becoming more human when faced with the logical consequences of her own belief structures. Initially she finds the justice of 'an eye for an eye' appealing.