Killing Another

Detective Inspector Ray Wilson #2

by Andrew Leatham

Detective Inspector Ray Wilson has taken up a new post in West Yorkshire and is placed in charge of the disappearance of 12 year old Kylie.

Not long after, her body is found dumped over a dry-stone wall. Brutally beaten and unrecognizable, Kylie is barely clinging on to life.

When Doctors bring the news that Kylie had registered to be an NHS Organ Donor, her parents are faced with an impossibly tough decision. But they agree to donation, fulfilling her last wish.

Little do they know, this organ transplant may be the key to catching the depraved murderer of their daughter.

In nearby Manchester, Samantha is suffering from vivid, reoccurring nightmares.

After a session with child psychologist Stephen Parke it quickly becomes apparent that Samantha is witnessing the torture of another child in her nightmares.

But who is the child? And who is her attacker?

Can Stephen unlock the secret of her dreams? And learn how to stop them?

With his investigation going nowhere Detective Inspector Ray Wilson is willing to listen to any theories. So when he receives a call from Stephen Parke, he pushes his scepticism aside and listens.

Is it really possible that this bizarre medical theory is true? Is every organ in the body really capable of retaining memory?

Killing Another is a gripping detective thriller certain to appeal to fans of Peter James, Ian Rankin and Peter Robinson. It is the second gripping instalment in the Ray Wilson Thriller series.

Reviews for Dead Harvest

"A brilliant page-turner." - Tom Kasey, best-selling author of Trade-Off.

"Chilling and realistic. A five-star read." - Robert Foster, best-selling author of The Lunar Code.

Andrew Leatham is a former national newspaper and television journalist, turned public relations consultant. He lives in Lancashire.

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169 pages, Kindle Edition

First published August 28, 2013

Reviews

[Ian · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is almost a good book. The writing is tight, the characters are strong, tension builds nicely through the story and the police procedure is convincingly portrayed. It's also unusual for being a detective novel in which the detective doesn't appear until about a quarter of the way through.

Unfortunately there are just too many problems. The whole premise of the book hinges on the idea of a murder victim's organs being used for transplant surgery, something which stretched my suspension of disbelief just a tad too far. Add to that some plot points that don't add up: the colour of some trophy hair samples for example and the fact that the prime suspect manages to return home and spend the night there seemingly unaware that the police have smashed the door down and searched the place.

There are also too may silly typos, the one that especially bugged me was that 'unplaned timber' is rendered throughout as 'unplanned' - the victim of a spellcheck rather than a proper proof read I suspect.

All of which results in a book that shows promise but ends up missing the mark.

[David Stimpson · Rating 4 out of 5]

i do like these books ..would like a number 3