Time is a healer….unless you’re the one doing the killing…
DCI James Craig is heading home to Fife for a family funeral after the discovery of his wife's uncle's lifeless body at home, having fallen down the stairs. The incident was classified as a Sudden Death, attributing it to the man's advanced age and fragility. Case officially closed.
Or is it?
Craig, inherently skeptical, approaches matters from a unique perspective, a skill honed on the streets of London. He hesitates to accept the neatly wrapped conclusion surrounding the old man’s demise.
As he contemplates letting the matter rest, certain details stand out, prompting him to reconsider the circumstances surrounding the death.
Craig reconnects with his former boss, now a Superintendent, from his probationary days in Fife. He requests permission to join the inquiry and is paired with DS Isla McGregor.
The two of them are soon caught up in a series of killings that stretch back years, back to the days when a young copper called James Craig was just starting out. A case that Craig remembers very well.
Because he almost caught a serial killer who was starting out on his own journey.
And now their paths are going to cross again.
I loved this book! Our main character Craig is a likeable officer and you can tell that the killer is taunting him. He is supposed to be supporting his wife following her uncles death but he has spotted one small little thing that makes him think that he has been murdered!
I liked the interaction with the officers from the local force, some familiar to him and some not. I really enjoyed the scenes where Craig was describing the incident when he was fresh out of passing probation and starting on the beat where he nearly lost his life, I think that really sets the picture.
However whilst he's looking into the angle which threatens to reveal the past and the fact that he has never shared he also seems to have the attention of a killer from back home in London so there is a lot going on and I loved it!
I seemed to fly through the pages as the book had me completely gripped. I was NOT expecting the ending! I'd had a few scenarios going through my head but was honestly GOBSMACKED when we got to the end, that scenario had NEVER entered my head!!
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Huge Thanks to Random Things Tours & John Carson for my place on the blog tour.
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