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The White Trilogy

by Ken Bruen · 2003

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In this jagged, brilliant tour of London noir, Detective Chief Inspector Roberts and Detective Sergeant Brant are obverse sides of the same tarnished coin as they come up against thugs, gangs, and lowlifes.

Genre
British mysteryBritish mysteryMore like thisLess of thismysterymysteryMore like thisLess of thiscrimecrimeMore like thisLess of thisnoirnoirMore like thisLess of thisdetectivedetectiveMore like thisLess of this
Setting
2000s2000sMore like thisLess of thisEnglandEnglandMore like thisLess of thisLondonLondonMore like thisLess of thisIrelandIrelandMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 399 pages

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