This is a great story but fans of DCI Craig Gillard are going to be a bit disappointed to find he takes a back seat through this book.
The story revolves around a strange series of events, including murders, and what every police officer dreads, a series of coincidences.
The child murder Neil Wright has been given a new identity and is about to be released from prison after 30 years.
A man is found dead, floating in the Thames, with strange markings all over his body, his manner of death indicates he’s been subject to immense pressure.
Just before his body is found a splash is heard by residents on a small island on the river. At the same time a Chef, his girlfriend, and a friend are seen in a car on a bridge close to where the splash takes place.
Meanwhile several groups are plotting instant revenge on The Bogeyman, the tabloids name for Wright, and are intent on killing him
But there are others with links to him, others who will hinder the investigation just by being in the wrong place at the right time.
I enjoyed this book. Louth has a habit of making me think, or reach for google to do a bit of research.
In this case the first stop was google maps to search for the location of the murders, I had no idea these communities existed.
A Sven diagram of a plot where every part of the story has its own circle, the bits where the circles overlap are intriguing and show the problems faced by the police when circumstances combine to put a lot of miscreants, in the same place at the same time. Not all of them are deep into illegal activities, but are never going to tell the truth. Not all of them are connected with the worst of the crimes, but get implicated by their actions.
Untangling all of this is down to the police, in this case Gillard’s team , and it makes a fantastic story.
Pages: 280. Published by: Camelot Publishing date: 22nd October 2020
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