Книга: Creed A. «Pain of Death»
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Серия: "-" A woman is discovered beneath the London streets, barely alive. Soon after, DC Josie Chancellor finds an abandoned, newborn baby close to Leadengate station. DI Will Wagstaffe puts woman and baby together. The woman is Kerry Degg, a burlesque singer, as well as a rotten wife and mother. Kerry has bad friends, a dodgy husband and no idea about what it takes to build a family. As Kerry clings to life, Staffe hears only discord: from a well- connected West London gangster and a forgotten politician; from a maligned sister and an unborn population to whom someone, somewhere, is determined to give voice. Staffe ventures from Whitehall's clubland to Soho's fleshpots trying to make his way through a labyrinth of trails that leads above and below ground to another woman, seemingly forced - like Kerry Degg - to bear her child in captivity. In Pain of Death, DI Will Wagstaffe discovers that the simplest thing in all the world - to bear a child - lies beneath the actions of the powerful and the desperate. And will he manage to rescue both mother and child in time? Издательство: "Faber and Faber"
ISBN: 978-0-571-24525-3 Купить за 393 руб в My-shop |
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| Pain of Death | A woman is discovered beneath the London streets, barely alive. Soon after, DC Josie Chancellor finds an abandoned, newborn baby close to Leadengate station. DI Will Wagstaffe puts woman and baby… — Faber and Faber, Подробнее... | бумажная книга |
См. также в других словарях:
on pain of death — on/under pain of death formal if you are told to do something on pain of death, you will be killed if you do not do it. They had been told to leave their homes by noon on pain of death … New idioms dictionary
under pain of death — on/under pain of death formal if you are told to do something on pain of death, you will be killed if you do not do it. They had been told to leave their homes by noon on pain of death … New idioms dictionary
pain — (p[=a]n), n. [OE. peine, F. peine, fr. L. poena, penalty, punishment, torment, pain; akin to Gr. poinh penalty. Cf. {Penal}, {Pine} to languish, {Punish}.] 1. Punishment suffered or denounced; suffering or evil inflicted as a punishment for crime … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
pain — n 1: punishment 2 a: physical discomfort associated with bodily disorder (as disease or injury) b: acute mental or emotional suffering pain·less adj pain·less·ly adv … Law dictionary
under pain of death — expected to receive the death penalty, eligible for capital punishment … English contemporary dictionary
death — /deth/, n. 1. the act of dying; the end of life; the total and permanent cessation of all the vital functions of an organism. Cf. brain death. 2. an instance of this: a death in the family; letters published after his death. 3. the state of being … Universalium
