Sleeping Partner

DCI David Fyfe #3

by William Paul

A wealthy old widow is discovered, savagely battered, dead on her kitchen floor. DCI David Fyfe is assigned to the case, and though it seems to be open and shut - a man clutching the murder weapon was found lying unconscious in the old woman's front porch - something doesn't seem right. If there's one thing that Fyfe has learned in his rocky career in law enforcement, it's that things are not always as they seem. Otherwise, why has Angela, a beautiful woman who was a suspect in a murder Fyfe investigated a few years ago - and who is the keeper of one of Fyfe's big secrets - turned up again?

172 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1997

About the author

Born and brought up in the east of Scotland, William Paul is a former journalist who now earns a living in digital communications but reverts to old-fashioned reporting most weekends by covering rugby matches in both print and digital format.

He's been writing since an early age - somewhere in the attic is a picture of a fresh-faced youth with his first royalty cheque - and sees no reason to stop now.

He got married along the way, has two sons and grandson Aidan to cope with.

His ideas for books come at him from all angles and sometimes he finds it difficult to get all that stuff down on the page before it fades, morphs into something entirely different or simply vanishes from his unreliable memory. Wherever and however ideas end up - on the page or in the bin - they just keep coming.

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Reviews

[Vera Mottino · Rating 5 out of 5]

Outstanding

I am a voracious reader in this genre. I am also discriminating about writing style and storyline. I was really impressed by this book. It is not only a police/crime story, but also a reflection on the meaning of life. The characters seem real to me, not just the usual black and white - clean detective and dirty criminal. In the beginning the story was mesmerizing, it hit me almost as a form of exquisite torture. The suspense was diluted as I kept on reading, but the story maintained a sense of surreal tension which carried all the way to the simple ending. Highly recommended for the discriminating reader.

[Angela Verdenius · Rating 5 out of 5]

Overall a very interesting mystery that had me guessing from the beginning to the end. The side characters were definitely red herrings thrown in to steer me up the garden path! Intriguing mystery, interesting side characters, a bit of a self-destructing detective (in his personal life), and more interestingly, even the detective didn’t find out the real killer until near the end! So often the detectives suspected the real killer well before the end, so to have this detective get thrown off the scent made it even more interesting.

[Andrea Susan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another great fun read with plenty of twists and turns to keep everyone l DCI David Fyfe. Maybe some people wouldn't like a detective with his moral compass but it feels more and more like a reality of policing. Here is the murder of an elderly church going lady, which seems easy to solve with the discovery of a man dressed to kill in immediate vicinity. Called from the golf course by someone with connections who wants answers David Fyfe has more than one mystery to unravel

[David Stimpson · Rating 1 out of 5]

What actually did the So called Detective do except for chase women and get Drunk .He even worked and Drove when He'd been Drinking . The Story was very poor

[Susan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Wealthy widow, 73 year old Zena McElhise is found dead. Is the man found dying in her house the murderer. In between dalliances will DCI David Fyfe discover the solution
An enjoyable mystery
1996