The watchers / Jon Steele.
"Lausanne, Switzerland. In the cathedral tower lives a strange boy with a limp who talks to the bells. In a luxury penthouse lives a high-class prostitute who's in mortal danger. And in a low-rent hotel lives a private investigator who has no idea how he got there. Jay Harper finds himself in Switzerland on the trail of a missing Olympic athlete. A hard drinker, he can barely remember how he got home last night, let alone why he accepted this job. When he meets the stunning but aloof Katherine in a hotel bar, he quickly realises that he's not the only one in town who's for hire. She's a high-class hooker who can't believe her luck. Which is about to change. For the worse... In the meantime, Marc Rochat spends his time in the belfry talking to the statues, his cat and the occasional ghost. His job is to watch over Lausanne at night and to wait for the angel his mother told him he'd one day have to save. When he sees Katherine, he thinks his moment has come. Which indeed it has. But not in a good way. Three lives, one purpose: Save what's left of paradise before all Hell breaks loose."--Publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 039915874X :
- ISBN: 9780399158742 (hc.) :
- ISBN: 9780451416797 (pbk.) :
- Physical Description: 574 p ; 24 cm.
- Publisher: New York : Blue Rider Press, 2012.
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General Note: | Jun 12 |
Target Audience Note: | All Ages. |
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Genre: | Suspense fiction. Occult fiction. |
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- Baker & Taylor
A detective investigates a series of murders that may be the handiwork of a gang of international killersâor fallen angels. A first novel. - Baker & Taylor
Memory-challenged British private detective Jay Harper investigates a series of murders that may be the handiwork of a gang of international killers. - Penguin Group USA
Meet Marc Rochat, a man-child who has devoted his life to being the bell ringer at the gothic Lausanne Cathedral, one of the great architectural structures in the world. Strange things have been going on in and around his church, including tremblings in the underground crypt and a variety of gruesomely murdered bodies showing up in nearby streets. Across the square from the cathedral lives Katherine Taylor, a beautiful young American woman who is making a phenomenal living as one of the highest priced call girls in Switzerland; she's a bit too introspective for her own good, and, unfortunately, much too observant of her clients' peccadilloes for theirs. Their lives collide with Jay Harper, a British private eye, who has been hired to investigate the killings and other strange doings; alas, he has no memory of who hired him or precisely why he was chosen for the jobâall the clues are pointing skyward, where fallen angels are said to haunt Lausanne. - Penguin PutnamBeneath Lausanne Cathedral, in Switzerland, there is a secret buried before time began, something unknown to angels and men, until now...
Marc Rochat watches over the city at night from the belfry of the cathedral. He lives in a world of shadows and "beforetimes" and imaginary beings.
Katherine Taylor, call girl and daydreamer, is about to discover that her real-life fairy tale is too good to be true.
Jay Harper, private detective, wakes up in a crummy hotel room with no memory. When the telephone rings and he's offered a job, he knows he has no choice but to accept.
Three lives, one purpose: save what's left of paradise before all hell breaks loose.