Night Fall

The discovery of the body of local photographer Billy Travis leads Detective Inspector Neil Paget into one of the most frustrating cases of his career. The dead man had fallen fifty feet from a bridge onto the railway tracks below. The fact that the corpse is bound and gagged, the letter A carved into his forehead means that the death plunge was no accident.Travis having led a quiet, unremarkable life, the motive for the murder remains a mystery. With no physical evidence, no witnesses and no leads to follow, the investigation stonewalls – much to the frustration of Paget’s new boss, Detective Superintendent Amanda Pierce, who has much to prove in her new role.When a second body shows up, Paget must discover what connects the two victims if he is to have any chance of cracking the case.Review"Paget and his team are all characters we enjoy hanging around with, and readers who are meeting them for the first team here will want to grab the earlier books in the series"Booklist on Night Fall“Paget and Pierce achieve a functioning détente in this smoothly plotted, well-written procedural”Publishers Weekly on Night FallAbout the AuthorFrank Smith has always been fascinated by language. He worked as a journalist in many countries before beginning formal academic studies in Australia. This led to a Ph.D. at Harvard University and further world travel researching, lecturing, and writing on thinking and learning. He has been a professor at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education; the University of Toronto; the University of Victoria, British Columbia; and the University of Witwatersrand, South Africa. He has published many articles and books.