Wait to Deceive

by James Alexander

A maverick detective with a secret past, and a deranged killer on the loose. When the murderer strikes a second time, is the monster they are hunting for closer to home than anyone dares imagine?DS Declan O’Hara is not a happy man. Tetherton is in the grip of a minor crime wave, he has a new boss to contend with, and, at local beauty spot Dedham Heights, a bearded woman has been found brutally murdered.For a sulky chauvinist like O’Hara, the fact that Chief Inspector Wentmore is a woman herself is bad enough. But she has secrets, too, and a past that seems inextricably linked with the murders that soon threaten to tear his world apart.A psychopathic killer is on the loose, with a thirst for Biblical vengeance and under-age girls. But, as the body count rises, O’Hara begins to fear that the monster they are hunting for may be closer to home than anyone realises…From the author of When the Devil Calls, described by one five-star reviewer as, 'a fitting homage to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle' and 'the kind of book that makes you want to pour a glass of sherry, curl up by the fire and read yourself to sleep'.

363 pages, Kindle Edition

First published May 3, 2013

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Reviews

[George Tuffey · Rating 4 out of 5]

A GOOD START TO WHAT COULD BECOME A NEW SERIES OF BOOKS .

A GOOD START TO WHAT COULD BECOME A NEW SERIES OF BOOKS.
I liked the way the two main characters developed during their first novel, two very different people with the same goal.
The story was good with lots of twists and turns, the outcome only revealed in the last 20 or so pages and the epilogue was very touching.
Enjoyed tremendously.

[Geraldine Evans · Rating 5 out of 5]

Thoroughly enjoyed this novel. What an accomplished crime fiction debut!

The story rattles along at a good pace, the characters seem like real people (particularly O'Hara!) and the author successfully concealed whodunnit from me. I hate that. No, not really. It's part of what makes a great novel. The guessing shouldn't be too easy or it takes all the fun out of it. No danger of that here. Well done, Mr Alexander. Totally deserving of five stars! Please hurry up with the next.