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The DI Jim Bennett Trilogy #1
Clean Sweep: The First DI Jim Bennett Novel
In the first of the series of novels, DI Jim Bennett and his team face the perpetual challenge of keeping two warring families apart in Welford, a dysfunctional town in the heart of England. The arrival of a community of gypsies only compounds their problems when, on their first night in town, the daughter of their leader is viciously beaten, leaving her life hanging by a thread. As Jim Bennett investigates, it seems that every low life in town is a suspect, with members of both the Marston and Connelly families being seen in the vicinity. A mystery policeman is also a cause for concern, and an impersonator is possible.
When a young boy goes missing, everyone suspects the Gypsies, and Welford becomes a powder keg, with accusations flying in every direction. An aggravated burglary only contributes to CID’s headaches as the wards of Welford General Hospital accept the growing number of victims.
As the police appeal for witnesses to the snatching of Luke Martin, fire bombings of the homes of the Marston and Connelly families point to the gypsies taking matters into their own hands. Jim knows that he has little time, and this is made even shorter when a young lady is raped in a local park.
When a young boy goes missing, everyone suspects the Gypsies, and Welford becomes a powder keg, with accusations flying in every direction. An aggravated burglary only contributes to CID’s headaches as the wards of Welford General Hospital accept the growing number of victims.
As the police appeal for witnesses to the snatching of Luke Martin, fire bombings of the homes of the Marston and Connelly families point to the gypsies taking matters into their own hands. Jim knows that he has little time, and this is made even shorter when a young lady is raped in a local park.
169 pages, Kindle Edition
First published November 4, 2014
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Jim Hamilton
26 books2 followersBorn and educated in Glasgow, on leaving school I joined the Royal Navy and served as an engineer in the Fleet Air Arm for 21 years. Thereafter, I took a number of jobs in the private sector, before moving to the Middle East, where I worked for 11 years in military training. Nine years in Spain followed, where I taught languages before returning to the UK. I am currently living and working on the south coast in Hampshire. [amazon]
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July 24, 2021
Outstanding detective fiction.
Hamilton has managed the seemingly impossible, he has written a police procedural, with convincing elements of step-by-step police work, which never once becomes boring or loses pace.
Characters good and evil are distinctly drawn, the plot is sufficiently fiendish that I was still guessing at the end, and as with the best detective fiction the end feels both surprising and inevitable at the same time.
An absolute page-turner of a book, cannot recommend highly enough.
Hamilton has managed the seemingly impossible, he has written a police procedural, with convincing elements of step-by-step police work, which never once becomes boring or loses pace.
Characters good and evil are distinctly drawn, the plot is sufficiently fiendish that I was still guessing at the end, and as with the best detective fiction the end feels both surprising and inevitable at the same time.
An absolute page-turner of a book, cannot recommend highly enough.
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