This novel is the third in the Detective John Spicer series. It is a good, solid, British police procedural with a tight plot and interesting characters.Some books stick in th ememory because of what you learn reading them. This novel is one such book. The plot hinges round revelations about the ...
Detective Inspector Jon Spicer is working on Operation Fisherman, investigating a gang of car thieves, when he responds to a call for help from a Community Support Officer. A woman has been murdered and, because there is a prologue, we already know pretty much how, but we don't know why. And, des...
The first thing this book reminded me of (at 1%) was Silence of the Lambs (movie, not book) killer, Buffalo Bill. But it took till I got to the 90% mark to figure out if I was right or wrong.This book contains British slang & spellings, I didn't know 'cheers' meant 'thank you'. I felt this book w...
RATING: 3.0Have you ever read those articles listing out the top 10 worst jobs that anyone could have? Roy Bull, also known as "Rubble", certainly has one that should qualify for that list. He works at one of those places where chickens are stuffed into cages and live a miserable life producing e...
Every desk before the two Barco screens dedicated to the convention centre and surrounding streets was occupied by an operator, their faces bathed by the giant screens’ glow. In the shadows behind them stood men in suits – many with southern accents. Most had their arms crossed and a constant mur...
Among them was a note saying the check he’d requested on the mobile phone number Fiona Wilson had given him had shown it to be a pay-as-you-go: untraceable. It was almost ten o’clock at night and the incident room was nearly empty.‘I’m calling it a day,’ he announced.Rick stretched his arms above...
He moved away from Alice's elbow as it jabbed him in the ribs. Now sitting on the edge of the bed, he grabbed his mobile.'Spicer here.''Morning, Sir, it's Sergeant Innes at Longsight.' Jon managed to grunt in reply.'Sorry for the early call.''What time is it?''Just after seven.'He'd been asleep f...