First of all a huge thank you to Andrew Barrett and Caroline for giving me a chance to be part of this blog tour and read Andrew's brilliant novel.
Synopsis:
They
say you can always trust a copper. They’re lying.
They
lied thirty years ago and they’re still lying today.
A
booby-trapped body in a long-abandoned chapel. A scene examination that goes
horribly wrong. CSI Eddie Collins and DI Benson are injured and one of the team
killed. Eddie is heartbroken and guilt-ridden. And angry.
To
find out who the killer is, they must discover the motive. Their breakthrough
comes when two young burglars disappear in the village of Ledston Luck. Eddie
picks a fight with the wrong man, and is suspended from duty. But he can’t let
go of the investigation. He finds the secrets behind a thirty-year-old murder
and comes face to face with the killer – on the wrong end of a shotgun.
My
review:
I
have read a few crime books now and thoroughly enjoyed them, but it is just so
exciting to be reading a novel written by someone with true, real live
experience, someone who has the expertise to be able to write in detail and
correct context.
Andrew
Barrett has the best insider knowledge of protocols, rules and the day to day
live of Crime Scene Investigators (CSIs) as he has been on the job for over 30
years; so it hasn’t come to me as too big of a surprise that this book was so
good.
But
‘good’ doesn’t do it justice. It’s brilliant, clever and keeps you guessing all
the way through. This book is a work of genius and experience. It can be read
as a standalone novel; however I will now purchase the first three books in the
series, because I feel like I have missed out on something here.
Eddie
Collins is not your typical likeable character. Actually, he’s an irritating,
rude and an arrogant ass. But he has his reasons and is respected for his
abilities and instincts working as a CSI in West Yorkshire Police. When his
colleague dies on a job and Eddie gets injured, he makes it his priority to
catch whoever is behind the growing number of bodies lying in the mortuary. He is
ruthless, rule-breaking and anger driven individual, but with all the right
reasons.
He
has to unravel decades of crime and secrets to stop the serial killer and it
costs his friends, his job and nearly his life.
One
character in the book I must not forget is Eddie’s father Charles. He is sort
of in the background but on more than one occasion he manages to open his son’s
eyes to possibilities around these crime, that Eddie might have not seen
himself. They have a proper love-hate relationship, but underneath all their
arguments and harsh words, they really do care about each other.
As
you can hopefully tell from my review I thoroughly enjoyed the book and will
definitely look out for the author again.
Thank
you so much to the author for including me in this blog tour and for allowing
me the access to this book in return for an honest review.
My rating: 5/5
Andrew Barrett is a Best-selling
Author and Senior CSI based in Yorkshire. He brings all his knowledge and
expertise from his years in Forensics into his writing.
Andrew Barrett has been writing
best-selling thrillers since the mid 1990s, all set in northern England. He's
also written several short stories, and co-written a number of television
scripts and despite all that is still reasonably sane.
Andrew's
novels focus on the world of Crime Scene Investigators (CSIs). He offers a
unique insight into this dark landscape, making good use of his expertise as a
Senior CSI to envelop the reader in exciting yet realistic stories.
Included
in each story are elements of dark humour (he'd be totally insane without the
humour), and severe emotional highs and lows. So be prepared.
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