Death in High Places
A Mystery
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Publisher Description
Two friends embark on a climb of treacherous Anarchy Ridge but only one will make it down alive. Unjustly blamed for his friend's haunting death, the other must run for his life as a mourning father seeks revenge, in Jo Bannister's thrilling mystery novel Death in High Places
Two friends stand at the foot of the glacier, looking up to Anarchy Ridge. They can't see the summit of the mountain, only its heaving shoulders. But they can see the thin blade of the ridge, and the snow whipping off it by the rising wind making arabesques against the impossibly blue sky. They stand still for a long time, their kit at their feet, just looking, but the mountain awaits. They begin their climb up the ridge, but only one of the friends will make it down alive. Afraid for his own life when his friend's vengeful father blames him for the deadly climbing accident, and with the horrific memory of that moment of peril playing in his mind, the other must make a run for his life.
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For the four years since those desperate hours on a snow-lashed Alaskan ridge, British climber Nicky Horn hasn't stopped blaming himself for the death of his best friend, Patrick Hanratty, in a fall. Worse yet, neither has Patrick's gangster father. But just as a hired gun grabs Nicky, a mysterious Good Samaritan, Robert McKendrick, intervenes and whisks Nicky off to his no kidding castle in the English countryside. And if you find that a bit improbable, you're in for a rough trek through this fiendishly plotted but frequently preposterous stand-alone from Bannister (Fathers and Sins). Once holed up inside the castle, Nicky gradually discovers that his crossing paths with McKendrick was no accident, and that McKendrick's daughter, Beth, was no stranger to Patrick. Despite the many ensuing surprises, the novel devolves into something akin to a three-handed poker game suspenseful but limited by its staginess.
