Panicking Ralph (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780393323061)

Ralph Ember, owner of the shady drinking club The Monty, longs to be respectable. The trouble is, his money comes from big-time drug dealing, where reputations are dubious and the risks are truly murderous. No wonder he's nicknamed "Panicking Ralph," because of the terrors that seize him at times of high danger. Right now Ember is out to get his hands on the syndicate of the late Oliphant Kenward Knapp, who ruled what envious competitors called the best cocaine, crack, Ecstasy, and grass operation in Britain. Whom does he dare approach as a partner? In this city, alliances shift quickly, but it's even riskier to set up as an independent. Meanwhile Detective Chief Superintendent Colin Harpur, bypassing his jealous superior ACC Desmond Iles, is developing his own dangerous plan. As Harpur enters a dark and sometimes seductive world of greed, betrayal, and vengeance, there is no one who can pull him out if things go wrong. "[A

Author: Bill James
ISBN-10: 0393323064
ISBN-13: 9780393323061
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Language: English
Published: 05/01/2002
Pages: 290
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.45lbs
Size: 7.31h x 4.53w x 0.71d