Body 13

Quigg #2

by Tim Ellis

DI Quigg and his temporary partner PC Mavourneen Duffy hunt for a stolen corpse from the mortuary at Hammersmith Hospital, which leads to the discovery of an exclusive paedophile ring called the Apostles who traffic in children. Quigg's private life gradually becomes as complicated as the investigation when he becomes embroiled in a ménage à trois.

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First published November 29, 2010

About the author

Tim Ellis was born in the bowels of Hammersmith Hospital, London, on a dark and stormy night, and now lives in Cheshire with his wife and one ShihTzu. In-between, he joined the Royal Army Medical Corps at eighteen and completed twenty-two years service, leaving in 1993 having achieved the rank of Warrant Officer Class 1 (Regimental Sergeant Major). Since then, he settled in Essex, and worked in secondary education as a senior financial manager, in higher education as an associate lecturer/tutor at Lincoln and Anglia Ruskin Universities, and as a consultant for the National College of School Leadership. His final job, before retiring to write fiction full time in 2009, was as Head and teacher of Behavioural Sciences (Psychology/Sociology) in a secondary school. He has a PhD and an MBA in Educational Management, and an MA in Education.

Reviews

[Emma Bunn · Rating 3 out of 5]

Was a good story line kept me guessing but no need for all the sex parts... it added no context to the storyline and ruined it a little...

[Denna · Rating 3 out of 5]

I would like to give this two and a half stars. Three is pushing it. I enjoyed the first half. Tension is raised, my curiosity about this missing body kept me turning the pages. I had read previous reviews and couldn't figure out why they had blasted the book. It's because of the second half. I won't go into detail. Sufficient to say, what some of the other readers have said about gratuitous sex is absolutely right. I more or less thumbed through most of it to get to the end. I'll probably pick up one more by Ellis, because I did enjoy reading the first half of this novel, and hope for a better ending.

[David Collins · Rating 3 out of 5]

The story itself was very good. I could have done without all the sex as this had no meaning to the story. It was about a body which went missing from a morgue and the resultant investigation. It turned out to be from a paedophile group and had members known as the 12 apostles.

[Jack · Rating 4 out of 5]

Entertaining crime thriller based in London, featuring a DI (Quigg) whose sex life keeps him very busy when he's not solving crime.

[Matt Posner · Rating 5 out of 5]

Tim Ellis is a solid, fluid, and prolific writer. I'm going to work my way through all his books. This was the third one I read and I'm going on to another soon! Great story, Mr.Ellis!

[Alsjem · Rating 3 out of 5]

A good, light read. I enjoyed the plot, not sure about all the personal life stuff, but overall very enjoyable.

[Suzy · Rating 2 out of 5]

I started off liking this character but by the end had lost all respect for .

The story at times was bordering on the ridiculous and took away from what could have been a really good plot line.

[Chris · Rating 1 out of 5]

a good story bogged down by too much other rubbish and his unrealistic/fantasy sexual exploits. I won't be reading any more of the Quigg series.