Halo Parade: A Harpur & Iles Mystery

by Bill James

Book Overview

First time in U.S. paperback, the third in Bill James's standout, witty, well above the ordinary series (starred reviews, Publishers Weekly, Booklist). When Detective Chief Superintendent Colin Harpur places young policeman Ray Street undercover in a vicious drug gang, the entire department knows the risks. If Street is found out, he will take his place in the halo parade. Then the killing of a fellow officer will have to be avenged, by whatever means...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393318311
• ISBN13: 9780393318319
• Release Date: December 1991
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

Another great one from James

The third in the Harpur and Iles series. Full of humor, grit, gripping dialogue, sex, drugs - what more could one want in a story? Harpur takes more than his share of tough breaks in this one, and Iles really starts to blossom as a character as well. The series keeps getting better and better.

Bill James is a breath of fresh air.

I have read several of Bill James' police procedurals and this is one of the best. The characters are highly original, the dialogue sparkles, and the descriptions are often poetic. (Example: "His brain shone like potato peelings.") The settings can be dark and sinister, but there is plenty of black humor in both this entry and in the series. James creates a morally ambiguous but fascinating world in 1980s/1990s Britain. I intend to buy every one of James's Harper & Iles mysteries.