The Coffin Tree

By Gwendoline Butler

Book Overview

That summer when the old Docklands of London sweltered in the great heat... was the summer when John Coffin walked his Second City of London and felt that life was unraveling about him... Something... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312139462
• ISBN13: 9780312139469
• Release Date: December 1995
• Publisher: Minotaur Books
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.7" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Coffin is back

The Second City of London shimmers in the stultifying heat, and Commander John Coffin tries to maintain law and order in his sprawling bailiwick. His new hand-picked undercover unit--headed by an old flame--is trying to halt a violent money-laundering operation. Two of the investigating officers ar dead, "accidentally" it seems, but Coffin suspects murder. A bizarre fire yields another body, apparently the wife of one of the dead officers. Heat doesn't suit Coffin's Docklands--nor his personal life with his wife, mercurial actress Stella Pinero. But ironically, it is Stella's cool insight and Coffin's own instincts that lead him to a killer. Very enjoyable book, especially if you like books about British police.