The Trail [electronic resource]
Ellson, James2020
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The Trail is a crime thriller. A missing person enquiry set in Nepal.The Trail starts in Manchester. DCI Rick Castle is inspecting his bees when his boss phones. It’s his day off. Missing is 25 year old Calix Coniston. He’s a minor cannabis dealer. Rick shuts up the beehive, and goes to interview Calix’s parents.Calix’s father is a Brigadier in the Ghurkhas. Calix won a competition, the prize a trekking expedition in Nepal. He’s gone missing on the trek.Rick flies to Nepal, and heads up the trail. Villages of friendly children and prayer flags. Gompas, dharma, dal baht. Bright blue skies, and white-capped mountains. A dead body.Then a second.The Trail is told from two alternating points of view, DCI Rick Castle and Calix Coniston. Rick is having psychotherapy. His dad has dementia and his sister is getting married. He develops feelings for Maggie, a police analyst. Calix is a loner, a dreamer. He’s got a parrot called Bird Bird.We find out where Calix is, and what’s happened . . . what Calix thinks has happened.And, slowly, Rick uncovers a conspiracy which stretches forward and back in Nepalese geopolitical history.The Trail is a work of fiction, but casts a spotlight on the hundreds of Nepalese workers who’ve died in the last decade.
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[Place of publication not identified] : Unbound Digital, 2020
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1 online resource (1 text file)
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DCI Castle ; 1
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9781789650785
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English
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2975404