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DCI Dani Bevan #4
Dark As Night
Dark As Night
Think you know the person you’re married to?
Think again.
The Glasgow Fair weekend was usually the busiest of the year for the Serious Crime Division. But by the Sunday morning, it appeared to have gone off without a major hitch.
Then DCI Dani Bevan received a call from one of her team. A middle-aged man had gone missing from his home in Giffnock. Dani didn’t take the case too seriously, until it turned out that the uncle of her friend, DC Andy Calder, disappeared under identical circumstances a decade before.
Dani is drawn into a case which is as confounding as it is complex. Everyone has secrets and right from the start, her investigation seems set on an unstoppable course towards tragedy.
Dark As Night is the fourth instalment in the thrilling DCI Dani Bevan series.
They all have secrets…
Think you know the person you’re married to?
Think again.
The Glasgow Fair weekend was usually the busiest of the year for the Serious Crime Division. But by the Sunday morning, it appeared to have gone off without a major hitch.
Then DCI Dani Bevan received a call from one of her team. A middle-aged man had gone missing from his home in Giffnock. Dani didn’t take the case too seriously, until it turned out that the uncle of her friend, DC Andy Calder, disappeared under identical circumstances a decade before.
Dani is drawn into a case which is as confounding as it is complex. Everyone has secrets and right from the start, her investigation seems set on an unstoppable course towards tragedy.
Dark As Night is the fourth instalment in the thrilling DCI Dani Bevan series.
They all have secrets…
254 pages, Kindle Edition
First published June 18, 2015
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About the author
Katherine Pathak
33 books58 followersKatherine Pathak lives in rural north Essex with her husband and two young children. She has worked as a History teacher for over ten years and before that she worked in the book trade in London. Aoife's Chariot is her first novel. Katherine has lived in the south-east of England for most of her life, but her father's family come from the Isle of Arran in Scotland and this has been the inspiration for the fictional Island of Garansay, which is the stunning backdrop to this novel. Katherine's life-long interest in History also plays an important part in her writing and she tries to weave historical narratives into her imaginative and ingenious plots. Katherine is currently working on the second in the series of 'Imogen and Hugh Croft mysteries', which should appeal to readers who enjoy her well observed characters and gripping storylines. Katherine feels that a good psychological thriller should explore the quirks and eccentricities of human nature, but that they should always be believable and the plot should reward the reader with a deeply satisfying conclusion. Katherine enjoys writing the sort of novels that she likes to read herself and very much hopes that her readership feels the same!
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September 20, 2015
I have enjoyed light mysteries since Nancy Drew when I was a kid
I have equally enjoyed the DCI Bevan stories. I like that she has her demons and works through the cases and isn't always right immediately out of the gate. I look forward to reading more of her stories.
I have equally enjoyed the DCI Bevan stories. I like that she has her demons and works through the cases and isn't always right immediately out of the gate. I look forward to reading more of her stories.
October 28, 2017
I have to agree with Kathy Fagle there is a nice sense of continuity creating a feeling of familiarity with the characters and their lives.
The crimes they solve are challenging and what seems to be a mundane incident slowly evolves into something far more complex, which I find interesting. There is history behind the crimes that gives them more depth.
I just hope there will be more.
The crimes they solve are challenging and what seems to be a mundane incident slowly evolves into something far more complex, which I find interesting. There is history behind the crimes that gives them more depth.
I just hope there will be more.
May 17, 2018
Fast paced and engrossing
One of the best DCI Dani Bevan mysteries yet. Clean and compact, a great tribute to the dedicated, relentless police work that so often goes unseen and unacknowledged. I find this series so enjoyable because it communicates the horror of murder as a travesty committed against a human being.
One of the best DCI Dani Bevan mysteries yet. Clean and compact, a great tribute to the dedicated, relentless police work that so often goes unseen and unacknowledged. I find this series so enjoyable because it communicates the horror of murder as a travesty committed against a human being.
November 30, 2017
The Dani Bevan novels have always been novels that I can't put down until its finished.
Thank you.
Thank you.
September 2, 2018
Another great book from Katherine.
Recommend to all readers of crime novels. A first class story gripping to the end. Look forward to reading more.
Recommend to all readers of crime novels. A first class story gripping to the end. Look forward to reading more.
April 6, 2019
A very good story
Dani Bevan catches her man! The twists and turns keep you on your toes until the climax. I loved this story and I highly recommend it.
Dani Bevan catches her man! The twists and turns keep you on your toes until the climax. I loved this story and I highly recommend it.
May 29, 2019
As you would expect
Yet a other case for Dani with all the twist and turns that make
this such thrilling and disturbing reads
Yet a other case for Dani with all the twist and turns that make
this such thrilling and disturbing reads
August 16, 2019
Still a very good series.
October 8, 2021
RmsTitanic12
I really enjoyed this book,it was well thought out and had me puzzled till the last few pages, well worth a 5 rating,looking forward to the next nook.
I really enjoyed this book,it was well thought out and had me puzzled till the last few pages, well worth a 5 rating,looking forward to the next nook.
September 14, 2015
Routine but well crafted
A man attends a fair with his sons, returns home and disappears. Strangely, a very similar case occurred ten years earlier in the same area and that man was never found. The body of the more recent missing man is found and it is obvious he was murdered. Are the two cases connected? It soon seems that a serial killer with a very narrow focus is at work. The investigation is competently handled, although the case is spiked with unnecessary crimes to increase suspense. The biggest problem is that serial killers are an overworked subject.
A man attends a fair with his sons, returns home and disappears. Strangely, a very similar case occurred ten years earlier in the same area and that man was never found. The body of the more recent missing man is found and it is obvious he was murdered. Are the two cases connected? It soon seems that a serial killer with a very narrow focus is at work. The investigation is competently handled, although the case is spiked with unnecessary crimes to increase suspense. The biggest problem is that serial killers are an overworked subject.
August 16, 2015
I will give this book a very weak 4 stars. I think it is the best of the four books in the series so far, although most of the personal information in the book is about DC Andy Calder and not about DCI Dani Bevin.
July 9, 2015
Serial
I'm interested in this continuing series. It flows nicely from case to case.. the characters are believable and very likeable
I'm interested in this continuing series. It flows nicely from case to case.. the characters are believable and very likeable
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