# In the Absence of Iles

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- Authors: [Bill James](https://www.bookquiver.com/bill-james)
- Language: en_GB
- Published: 2014-01-14

## Description

Assistant Chief Constable Desmond Iles misses a crucial conference and is not able to give vital advice to a colleague, Assistant Chief Constable Esther Davidson. She is having big trouble from a local gang known as the Guild, and proposes to put an undercover spy into the criminal outfit. Iles might have been able to dissuade her from such a rash move. One of his own undercover officers was murdered not long ago. But Esther goes ahead, with terrible consequences . . . 'James continues to produce the most realistic, unsettling sequence of novels, recording the subtle relationships between police and villains' The Times

## Editions

### In the Absence of Iles

- Publisher: the_murder_room
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-14-7190-314-4
- Published: 2014-01-14
- Language: en_GB