McCoy, Ken, 1940-

Hammerhead : a Mad Carew book / Ken McCoy. - London : Allison & Busby, 2007. - 412 pages ; 23 cm. - A Mad Carew book . - McCoy, Ken, 1940- Mad Carew series. .

Sam 'Mad' Carew is safe. And bored. When a beautiful woman asks for his help, he can't help but be intrigued. It turns out that in his old job as a copper, Sam helped put away her father for murder. Even then Sam had his suspicions as to Kevin Kilpatrick's guilt but as the man confessed to both violent murders of which he was accused, that was it. Case closed. Nine years into two successive life sentences, Kilpatrick is still keeping schtum. His daughter, the delectable Alison, adamantly refuses to believe in her father's guilt and, using every womanly wile, encourages Sam to investigate.

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Murder--Investigation--England--Yorkshire--Fiction.
Ex-police officers--England, Northern--Fiction.
Murder--Investigation--Fiction.
Ex-police officers--Fiction.
Carew, Sam (Fictitious character)--Fiction.
Judicial error--Fiction.


Yorkshire (England)--Fiction.


Detective and mystery fiction.