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The Craig Crime Series #3
The Visitor
Belfast is in danger.
Murder in a closed Belfast world where evil goes undetected; where caring people have uncaring intentions.
People should be safe in this place. They shouldn’t die unexpectedly.
D.C.I. Marc Craig and his team hunt across Belfast for a psychotic killer who targets the vulnerable and leaves their children to pay.
The Visitor.
The third in the D.C.I. Craig detective series.
Murder in a closed Belfast world where evil goes undetected; where caring people have uncaring intentions.
People should be safe in this place. They shouldn’t die unexpectedly.
D.C.I. Marc Craig and his team hunt across Belfast for a psychotic killer who targets the vulnerable and leaves their children to pay.
The Visitor.
The third in the D.C.I. Craig detective series.
320 pages, Kindle Edition
First published March 6, 2013
75 people are currently reading
41 people want to read
About the author
Catriona King
46 books43 followersCatriona King is a doctor and NHS Manager. She was raised in Belfast, Northern Ireland and moved to central London to live and work as a Doctor, where she trained as a police Forensic Medical examiner. She worked closely with the Metropolitan Police on many occasions, and encountered many fascinating people and situations, in both Belfast and London. In recent years, she has lived and worked in Belfast, basing her D.C.I. Craig crime novels in the streets of modern Belfast and Northern Ireland, and locating the fictitious crime headquarters of 'Docklands Coordinated Crime Unit' in one of Belfast's most colourful and oldest districts, Sailortown. Catriona has written since childhood, fiction, fact and reporting. 'A Limited Justice' is her first novel, released on Kindle on 24th August 2012 and in paperback on the 26th October to Five Star Reviews. It follows Detective Chief Inspector Marc Craig and his team, in the hunt for the killer of three people.
There are four further novels in the D.C.I. Craig series: 'The Grass Tattoo', 'The Visitor', 'The Waiting Room' and the fifth book in the Craig Series 'The Broken Shore' released in December 2013. All are available in paperback and e-book. Catriona's sixth novel, 'The Carbon Trail' a standalone espionage thriller set in New York City, will be released in April 2014. Books six and seven in the Craig series called 'The Slowest Cut' and 'The Coercion Key' respectively are currently in edits for release in 2014.
Catriona is active on both Facebook https://www.facebook.com/CatrionaKing... and Twitter https://twitter.com/CatrionaKing1 where she engages about her books. Her website is www.catrionakingbooks.com
Books can be purchased on Amazon, Barnes and Noble and many other sites http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_nos...
There are four further novels in the D.C.I. Craig series: 'The Grass Tattoo', 'The Visitor', 'The Waiting Room' and the fifth book in the Craig Series 'The Broken Shore' released in December 2013. All are available in paperback and e-book. Catriona's sixth novel, 'The Carbon Trail' a standalone espionage thriller set in New York City, will be released in April 2014. Books six and seven in the Craig series called 'The Slowest Cut' and 'The Coercion Key' respectively are currently in edits for release in 2014.
Catriona is active on both Facebook https://www.facebook.com/CatrionaKing... and Twitter https://twitter.com/CatrionaKing1 where she engages about her books. Her website is www.catrionakingbooks.com
Books can be purchased on Amazon, Barnes and Noble and many other sites http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_nos...
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September 13, 2015
A complex and suspenseful mystery. The detectives have interesting relationships and dialogue. I would have enjoyed this book as much, probably more, if the author had not included the killer's point of view. That added a lot of gore and psycho stuff that seems to be a fad these days, but I find to be unnecessary if the basic plot is good enough. Yeah, I'm pretty tired of having to read sick stuff. The author also continues her numerous point of view switches, often within the same paragraph. I was always told this is a no-no in writing, but it's not so bad, just rather strange.
May 9, 2016
I very much enjoyed this book. This is the third book in this series and the third book of hers that I've read. The characters are memorable, and the story line is complex. I'm never one to ever pick out "who did it," because I enjoy just getting carried along with the storyline. Like the last two books, it kept me turning pages.
June 26, 2019
Malpractice meets murder in this tepid novel set in Belfast. When troubling toxicology results surface, Craig and his team of detectives investigate the suspicious death of a criminal's pregnant daughter in the maternity ward of a hospital. This leads the team to uncover similar deaths begging the question of malpractice or murder? In the meantime a relentless stalker bent on revenge is determined to make the presumed guilty pay.
This wasn't a bad read through the events that trigger the investigation are a bit sketchy. The book is hampered by way too many characters, suspects and potential victims. Hate when you need a scorecard to keep people straight. could have lived without Craig's romantic qualms, really not interesting at all. But not a bad read for fans of gritty police procedurals.
This wasn't a bad read through the events that trigger the investigation are a bit sketchy. The book is hampered by way too many characters, suspects and potential victims. Hate when you need a scorecard to keep people straight. could have lived without Craig's romantic qualms, really not interesting at all. But not a bad read for fans of gritty police procedurals.
October 6, 2017
An excellent addition to a very enjoyable series.
December 29, 2019
Confusing
Way to many characters, way to many false leads, and to many stories to keep track of. Not an enjoyable read.
Way to many characters, way to many false leads, and to many stories to keep track of. Not an enjoyable read.
April 2, 2013
This is the third novel by Catriona King to feature D C I Marc Craig and his team from Belfast CCU.
The story this time concerns the death of a young woman on a maternity ward and the hunt for her killer. The team suspect she may be the latest victim of a serial killer. To make things just that little bit harder for all involved, the victim's father is one of the Belfast "old boys" with a history dating back to the troubles and his own idea of justice.
The story rattles along at a good old pace, building up to a tense ending (the best of the series in this reviewer's opinion!) and will keep you guessing right up to the very end as to who the killer is.
As with the other books in this series (A Limited Justice and The Grass Tattoo) the members of the team at CCU are a good part of what makes this story flow so well. Their are issues outside the investigation that make the characters feel real, make you really want to invest in their story lines but that don't push the investigative element of the story into the background.
Book 4 should be with us later this year and when it arrives I, for one one, will drop whatever else I am reading to spend more time with D C I Craig and the team.
The story this time concerns the death of a young woman on a maternity ward and the hunt for her killer. The team suspect she may be the latest victim of a serial killer. To make things just that little bit harder for all involved, the victim's father is one of the Belfast "old boys" with a history dating back to the troubles and his own idea of justice.
The story rattles along at a good old pace, building up to a tense ending (the best of the series in this reviewer's opinion!) and will keep you guessing right up to the very end as to who the killer is.
As with the other books in this series (A Limited Justice and The Grass Tattoo) the members of the team at CCU are a good part of what makes this story flow so well. Their are issues outside the investigation that make the characters feel real, make you really want to invest in their story lines but that don't push the investigative element of the story into the background.
Book 4 should be with us later this year and when it arrives I, for one one, will drop whatever else I am reading to spend more time with D C I Craig and the team.
May 3, 2015
Death in a maternity unit raises questions and reveals a serial murderer. The author has a good sense of the hierarchy within a hospital and how private medicine works well for consultants. Sympathetic to the feelings of the murderer, acknowledges the devastation of those left behind and the injustice to innocent victims.
January 26, 2015
Compelling Police Procedural
Third in a series, with likable characters and a mystery that keeps you guessing. I'm enjoying this series enough that I have already bought #4 and #5 in the series.
Third in a series, with likable characters and a mystery that keeps you guessing. I'm enjoying this series enough that I have already bought #4 and #5 in the series.
February 13, 2014
Good read. More fun than dark. This book has great characters and a good plot, but no twists or red herrings
July 30, 2016
It was ok but there were a number of aspects I didn't care for. I am not a fan of a narrative by an unknown villain and there were quite a few characters to try to keep track of.
April 13, 2017
CATRIONA KING
The Visitor.
Book 3 in the Craig series.
This is a fast paced book from the start to the end. I am loving this series and it seems to be getting better every time. The visitor is causing mayhem at the maternity hospital, killing pregnant woman. You'll love this book I know I did.
5* 13 April 2017.
The Visitor.
Book 3 in the Craig series.
This is a fast paced book from the start to the end. I am loving this series and it seems to be getting better every time. The visitor is causing mayhem at the maternity hospital, killing pregnant woman. You'll love this book I know I did.
5* 13 April 2017.
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