TY - BOOK AU - Lewis,Roy TI - Death squad SN - 9780750527552 (hbk.) : U1 - 823.914 22 PY - 2007/// CY - Long Preston PB - Magna KW - Ward, Eric (Fictitious character) KW - Fiction KW - Lawyers KW - England KW - Tyneside KW - Detective and mystery stories KW - Large type books N1 - Originally published: London: Allison & Busby; Formerly CIP N2 - Tyneside solicitor Eric Ward has a new client: Dieter Barschel, an ex-professional footballer charged with drug dealing, but in securing bail for his client, Eric precipitates a murder investigation. Whilst defending Barschel, Eric manages to annoy one of the prosecution witnesses, DCI Charlie Spate. However, the two men must work together to try and resolve the mess they feel partly responsible for creating. Spate is almost as obsessed with the charms of DS Elaine Start as he is with solving the case, but embarrassing revelations about his acquaintance with a prostitute threaten both his career and his romance ER -