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DCI Andrew Fenwick #4
Innocent Blood
Major Jeremy Maidment only wants to help when his neighbour is robbed by con man Luke Chalfont. Appealing to DI Bob Cooper, Maidment is on a mission to help police trap the subject. But the arrest goes awry when Chalfont threatens Bob with a knife and Maidment's 'shoot first, ask questions later' policy lands him in deep water.
541 pages, Paperback
First published June 1, 2007
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Elizabeth Corley
13 books27 followersElizabeth Corley was born and brought up in West Sussex. Married with a stepdaughter, she manages to balance her crime-writing with a position as Chief Executive, Europe for a global investment company. A one-time committee member and vice-chairperson of the Crime Writers' Association, she is still an active member, while finding time to pursue her outside interests of travel, gardening and music.
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June 30, 2023
Another gripping read featuring Fenwick & Nightingale but once again, a longer than average read at 600+ pages. The storyline involves Fenwick trying to chase down a paedophile ring & searching for young teenage boys that have gone missing...possibly murdered... over the years. The story flicks between events of the present & 25 years previously & flows well.
Meanwhile, Nightingale has her hands full with a vigilante retired Major. This a good side story which ties in nicely with Fenwick's investigation but I could have really done without the dozen or so pages about the Major's exploits in Borneo - the book was long enough as it was!
Overall a good, solid read.
Meanwhile, Nightingale has her hands full with a vigilante retired Major. This a good side story which ties in nicely with Fenwick's investigation but I could have really done without the dozen or so pages about the Major's exploits in Borneo - the book was long enough as it was!
Overall a good, solid read.
January 6, 2010
There are some authors who just seem to be able to consistently turn out good books, ones that engage your attention, sometimes create some discomfort in the reader, but invariably make you think. Elizabeth Corley is one of those authors for me, I remember her books long after I've finished reading them. INNOCENT BLOOD continues the standard.
DCI Fenwick's case - the Choir Boy investigations into a paedophile ring, was triggered by information from the USA, indicating that there is a paedophile ring operating in his area. This ring looks like it has been in existence for years and could very well have been involved in the murder of local boys. One boy's body, murdered and buried twenty-five years ago has already been discovered, and there is another boy who has been missing for a similar amount of time, as well as an eleven-year old who has recently disappeared. At the same time Major Maidment may have been hailed as a hero by the local community, when he shoots a conman when he pulled a knife on police, but Fenwick's friend and colleague Inspector Nightingale is looking at having to charge the Major with attempted murder. She's also convinced that Major Maidment is hiding something.
Some readers will may the subject matter in INNOCENT BLOOD disturbing, but the handling of it is sensitive, without sensation, whilst also revealing enough to ensure you're aware of the evil that is being perpetrated. There are quite a lot of books around at the moment that have paedophilia as the central crime and many of those don't do the subject matter justice. Sometimes you get the distinct feeling of the crime du jour being followed, not contributing anything much to the readers understanding of the central subject matter. That's not the case in INNOCENT BLOOD as the book conveys a number of aspects of the crime, including a series of saddening and differing points of view, but ultimately the message is clearly that whilst paedophilia itself is incomprehensibly sick, there's something considerably more chilling in the organisation and joint participation in such activity. The men in INNOCENT BLOOD who perpetrate these crimes are undetectable in their day to day lives - uncomfortably normal.
Whilst the subject matter may trigger an automatic skip in some people, the book is extremely well done. Tight, taut, uncomfortable, sensitive, caring INNOCENT BLOOD isn't what you could call an enjoyable read, but it was exactly the sort of book that you can expect from this author, and really worth sticking with.
DCI Fenwick's case - the Choir Boy investigations into a paedophile ring, was triggered by information from the USA, indicating that there is a paedophile ring operating in his area. This ring looks like it has been in existence for years and could very well have been involved in the murder of local boys. One boy's body, murdered and buried twenty-five years ago has already been discovered, and there is another boy who has been missing for a similar amount of time, as well as an eleven-year old who has recently disappeared. At the same time Major Maidment may have been hailed as a hero by the local community, when he shoots a conman when he pulled a knife on police, but Fenwick's friend and colleague Inspector Nightingale is looking at having to charge the Major with attempted murder. She's also convinced that Major Maidment is hiding something.
Some readers will may the subject matter in INNOCENT BLOOD disturbing, but the handling of it is sensitive, without sensation, whilst also revealing enough to ensure you're aware of the evil that is being perpetrated. There are quite a lot of books around at the moment that have paedophilia as the central crime and many of those don't do the subject matter justice. Sometimes you get the distinct feeling of the crime du jour being followed, not contributing anything much to the readers understanding of the central subject matter. That's not the case in INNOCENT BLOOD as the book conveys a number of aspects of the crime, including a series of saddening and differing points of view, but ultimately the message is clearly that whilst paedophilia itself is incomprehensibly sick, there's something considerably more chilling in the organisation and joint participation in such activity. The men in INNOCENT BLOOD who perpetrate these crimes are undetectable in their day to day lives - uncomfortably normal.
Whilst the subject matter may trigger an automatic skip in some people, the book is extremely well done. Tight, taut, uncomfortable, sensitive, caring INNOCENT BLOOD isn't what you could call an enjoyable read, but it was exactly the sort of book that you can expect from this author, and really worth sticking with.
September 1, 2012
‘Innocent Blood’ by Elizabeth Corley
Published by Allison & Busby. January 2008. ISBN 978-0-7490-8062-4
This is the fourth book to feature Detective Chief Inspector Andrew Fenwick and Sergeant Nightingale, but in this book they are both involved in different investigations. Nightingale is investigating a con man who prays on the elderly, but comes unstuck when he encounters a retired Major. Although an upholder of law and order the major takes matters into his own hands to protect his neighbour. Nightingale conducts a masterful interrogation, during the course of which much of the Major’s character is revealed ,provoking in this reader pity, admiration and revulsion in equal measures.
But the power of the book lies in the moral and career dilemma that eventually Andrew Fenwick faces, following his investigation into the disappearance of thirteen year-old schoolboy Sam Bowyers, which leads him to a paedophile ring which becomes known as The Choir Boy investigation. The descriptions of the lives facing these boys sold into prostitution are harrowing. The outcome of his investigation poises him of the horns of dilemma as he ponders the right and wrongs of acting on the knowledge he has gained.
The story is told from multiple points of view, which sets an energetic pace. It is also a poignant read not only in terms of a well-written and powerful story, but in the eloquent and moving prose that reveal the feelings of the characters. Whilst the investigation into the paedophile ring provokes strong emotions, so in it’s own way does Nightingale’s investigation.
An excellent book, that I will re-read, and that I cannot recommend too highly.
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Lizzie Hayes
Earlier books in the series are Requiem Mass, Fatal Legacy, Grave Doubts.
Published by Allison & Busby. January 2008. ISBN 978-0-7490-8062-4
This is the fourth book to feature Detective Chief Inspector Andrew Fenwick and Sergeant Nightingale, but in this book they are both involved in different investigations. Nightingale is investigating a con man who prays on the elderly, but comes unstuck when he encounters a retired Major. Although an upholder of law and order the major takes matters into his own hands to protect his neighbour. Nightingale conducts a masterful interrogation, during the course of which much of the Major’s character is revealed ,provoking in this reader pity, admiration and revulsion in equal measures.
But the power of the book lies in the moral and career dilemma that eventually Andrew Fenwick faces, following his investigation into the disappearance of thirteen year-old schoolboy Sam Bowyers, which leads him to a paedophile ring which becomes known as The Choir Boy investigation. The descriptions of the lives facing these boys sold into prostitution are harrowing. The outcome of his investigation poises him of the horns of dilemma as he ponders the right and wrongs of acting on the knowledge he has gained.
The story is told from multiple points of view, which sets an energetic pace. It is also a poignant read not only in terms of a well-written and powerful story, but in the eloquent and moving prose that reveal the feelings of the characters. Whilst the investigation into the paedophile ring provokes strong emotions, so in it’s own way does Nightingale’s investigation.
An excellent book, that I will re-read, and that I cannot recommend too highly.
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Lizzie Hayes
Earlier books in the series are Requiem Mass, Fatal Legacy, Grave Doubts.
June 29, 2015
I usually like Elizabeth Corley's books about Nightingale and Fenick but I found this one a bit too long and some very boring passages - the Major talking about his war experience went on far too long.
Other than that, as usual, she brought it altogether at the end.
Other than that, as usual, she brought it altogether at the end.
April 12, 2016
AUTHOR...
Elizabeth Corley...
CHARACTERS..
Andrew Fenwick, Louise Nightingale, Jeremy Maidment, Malcolm Eagleton, Sam bowyer, Paul Hill, sarah Hill, Bob Cooper, Richard Edwards, Bryan Taylor, Joseph Watkins, and Alec Ball.
LOCATION..
Harlden, Sussex, and London (UK)
GENRE..
Suspense..
ABOUT THE BOOK...
"WHEN IS A MURDERER NOT A MURDERER..??...If the murderer happens to be a school boy from a loveless home, subjected to child abuse,and if the murder was an act of self defense by the terrified boy, He should not be considered as murderer and charged for the crime." This aspect is very well explained by the author, through a runaway school boy character PAUL HILL.
PLOT..
Two local school boys Paul Hill and Malcolm Eagleton, from a small English town Harlden, Vanish in the early eighties, followed by the disappearance of another boy Sam Bowyer, at present
DCI Andrew and Inspector Louise Nightingale investigate this, 25 year old unsolved crime, as per the orders of Superintendent Quinlan of Harlden division. They are desperate to find the clues, whether the abductions were done by the same man or men.
Andrew, during investigation, suspects of a sophisticated group involved in the sexual abuse of children ( Paedophile ring) consisting of Ex-Army Majors and lieutenants, operating from Sussex that was extensive and had been running for a long time. This information was received from a British citizen, arrested by FBI at Florida, claiming he was the part of the ring. The names received, before moving him to the States was "Joseph Watkins" and Alec Bell. By assigning a small team on investigation, code named "Choir Boy", Andrew starts digging the backgrounds of this two men in question. Over the following weeks the investigative team comes up with a list of places Watkins and ball visited, that included a Golf Club named- The Downs, in Harlden.
Malcolm's remains were found by Andrew and his team, in the grave at the base of a nearby hill, and they were sent to forensic lab for extracting DNA. The traces found in the grave, led to the excavation of an old terrace at The Downs Golf Club in Harlden and the discovery of Paul's bloody school uniform. When Paul was abducted in early eighties, the suspicion fell on Bryan Taylor, a well known handyman who sometimes did work for the Golf club and the local council. Searching Bryan 's house police found a supply of hard-core child pornography, mags, films, and photographs. Some were home made, police also discovers folders containing pictures of young Paul Hill being abused by a man whose upper body was out of shot. The photographic equipment was found in the loft, and the bedroom had been converted into a darkroom. But Bryan Taylor hasn't been seen since the day of Paul's disappearance and his whereabouts and his profile are unknown to the investigative team till now.
Major Jeremy Maidment, well respected person in Harlden, also the secretary of The Downs Golf Club was arrested for Paul's murder, because his blood and fingerprints were found on the sack containing Paul's Cloths. After continuous interrogation of Major Maidment by constable Bob Cooper and Inspector Nightingale, and by a lot of background work by Andrew, his team concludes that major is covering up for the real killer.
Meanwhile, when the interrogation on Maidment was continuing, credible information regarding Paul's abduction was received by Andrew, from an unknown person code named "Well Wisher" in the form of anonymous letters. The Well Wisher also insisted in those letters, that Major Maidment isn't guilty, that Bryan Taylor was a pimp who introduced Paul to a number of army men, including the suspects Joseph Watkins , Alec Bell and a very key person named Nathan. The unknown well wisher also sends two photographs of a paperback,complete with school library stamp borrowed by Paul and an item of Paul clothing for DNA testing.
On the basis of the image captured from the CCTV camera showing a tall man coming out of a pay phone, and from the information received from the homeless people nearby a christian Mission on Gordon Square Gardens, Andrew finds out that the unknown "well wisher' is actually a priest, Father.Peter, servicing nearby church, also successfully running a temporary home and help for young runaway children. After tracing the Well Wisher and finding out that he is a christian priest, Andrew also discovers that Father.Peter is none other than, Paul Hill the vanished boy in the early eighties.
Paul Hill narrates Andrew his painful flashback happened in the early eighties , how Bryan Taylor used him and presented to an ex army man lieutenant colonel Edwards, ( mentioned as Nathan and Percy by his friends) as if he was a trophy. About the cruelty done to him by Edward and his friends (Joseph Watkins and Alec Bell) by stripping and raping him one after another. Paul also explains his escape from Edward's house by murdering Bryan Taylor and his disappearance from his parents as a terrific kid with a guilty secret, his drug-addicted life,his impossible recovery from the drugs and priesthood after arriving London with the help of Father Richard. His childhood sufferings becoming an inspiration, for starting a temporary home for the runaway and abused kids.
Paul Hill, after narrating his dark past to Andrew Fenwick, didn't want Andrew to reveal his present identity because if revealed it will lead to unwanted confusion caused by his parents and press, the story about Bryan's murder coming out that will cause him to end in prison. So Andrew Fenwick leaves Paul Hill and returns to Harlden
Based on these information provided by Well Wisher( Paul Hill), Andrew's team finally arrests Richard Edward , an Ex Army Lieutenant colonel, a sadist and key person in the child abusive ring. Also from Paul Hill's description of Edwards cold room in the woods, Andrew traces Sam Bowyer in an underground wine cellar and saves him. At last Andrew , had finally solved the riddle of Paul Hill's disappearance, saved Sam Bowyer, had arrested a man who was behind one of the most organised child abusive rings (Paedophile ring) in souther England. A brothel had been closed down and supply line of child pornography disrupted and destroyed.
MY COMMENT..
INNOCENT BLOOD....OKAY for TIME PASS
Elizabeth Corley...
CHARACTERS..
Andrew Fenwick, Louise Nightingale, Jeremy Maidment, Malcolm Eagleton, Sam bowyer, Paul Hill, sarah Hill, Bob Cooper, Richard Edwards, Bryan Taylor, Joseph Watkins, and Alec Ball.
LOCATION..
Harlden, Sussex, and London (UK)
GENRE..
Suspense..
ABOUT THE BOOK...
"WHEN IS A MURDERER NOT A MURDERER..??...If the murderer happens to be a school boy from a loveless home, subjected to child abuse,and if the murder was an act of self defense by the terrified boy, He should not be considered as murderer and charged for the crime." This aspect is very well explained by the author, through a runaway school boy character PAUL HILL.
PLOT..
Two local school boys Paul Hill and Malcolm Eagleton, from a small English town Harlden, Vanish in the early eighties, followed by the disappearance of another boy Sam Bowyer, at present
DCI Andrew and Inspector Louise Nightingale investigate this, 25 year old unsolved crime, as per the orders of Superintendent Quinlan of Harlden division. They are desperate to find the clues, whether the abductions were done by the same man or men.
Andrew, during investigation, suspects of a sophisticated group involved in the sexual abuse of children ( Paedophile ring) consisting of Ex-Army Majors and lieutenants, operating from Sussex that was extensive and had been running for a long time. This information was received from a British citizen, arrested by FBI at Florida, claiming he was the part of the ring. The names received, before moving him to the States was "Joseph Watkins" and Alec Bell. By assigning a small team on investigation, code named "Choir Boy", Andrew starts digging the backgrounds of this two men in question. Over the following weeks the investigative team comes up with a list of places Watkins and ball visited, that included a Golf Club named- The Downs, in Harlden.
Malcolm's remains were found by Andrew and his team, in the grave at the base of a nearby hill, and they were sent to forensic lab for extracting DNA. The traces found in the grave, led to the excavation of an old terrace at The Downs Golf Club in Harlden and the discovery of Paul's bloody school uniform. When Paul was abducted in early eighties, the suspicion fell on Bryan Taylor, a well known handyman who sometimes did work for the Golf club and the local council. Searching Bryan 's house police found a supply of hard-core child pornography, mags, films, and photographs. Some were home made, police also discovers folders containing pictures of young Paul Hill being abused by a man whose upper body was out of shot. The photographic equipment was found in the loft, and the bedroom had been converted into a darkroom. But Bryan Taylor hasn't been seen since the day of Paul's disappearance and his whereabouts and his profile are unknown to the investigative team till now.
Major Jeremy Maidment, well respected person in Harlden, also the secretary of The Downs Golf Club was arrested for Paul's murder, because his blood and fingerprints were found on the sack containing Paul's Cloths. After continuous interrogation of Major Maidment by constable Bob Cooper and Inspector Nightingale, and by a lot of background work by Andrew, his team concludes that major is covering up for the real killer.
Meanwhile, when the interrogation on Maidment was continuing, credible information regarding Paul's abduction was received by Andrew, from an unknown person code named "Well Wisher" in the form of anonymous letters. The Well Wisher also insisted in those letters, that Major Maidment isn't guilty, that Bryan Taylor was a pimp who introduced Paul to a number of army men, including the suspects Joseph Watkins , Alec Bell and a very key person named Nathan. The unknown well wisher also sends two photographs of a paperback,complete with school library stamp borrowed by Paul and an item of Paul clothing for DNA testing.
On the basis of the image captured from the CCTV camera showing a tall man coming out of a pay phone, and from the information received from the homeless people nearby a christian Mission on Gordon Square Gardens, Andrew finds out that the unknown "well wisher' is actually a priest, Father.Peter, servicing nearby church, also successfully running a temporary home and help for young runaway children. After tracing the Well Wisher and finding out that he is a christian priest, Andrew also discovers that Father.Peter is none other than, Paul Hill the vanished boy in the early eighties.
Paul Hill narrates Andrew his painful flashback happened in the early eighties , how Bryan Taylor used him and presented to an ex army man lieutenant colonel Edwards, ( mentioned as Nathan and Percy by his friends) as if he was a trophy. About the cruelty done to him by Edward and his friends (Joseph Watkins and Alec Bell) by stripping and raping him one after another. Paul also explains his escape from Edward's house by murdering Bryan Taylor and his disappearance from his parents as a terrific kid with a guilty secret, his drug-addicted life,his impossible recovery from the drugs and priesthood after arriving London with the help of Father Richard. His childhood sufferings becoming an inspiration, for starting a temporary home for the runaway and abused kids.
Paul Hill, after narrating his dark past to Andrew Fenwick, didn't want Andrew to reveal his present identity because if revealed it will lead to unwanted confusion caused by his parents and press, the story about Bryan's murder coming out that will cause him to end in prison. So Andrew Fenwick leaves Paul Hill and returns to Harlden
Based on these information provided by Well Wisher( Paul Hill), Andrew's team finally arrests Richard Edward , an Ex Army Lieutenant colonel, a sadist and key person in the child abusive ring. Also from Paul Hill's description of Edwards cold room in the woods, Andrew traces Sam Bowyer in an underground wine cellar and saves him. At last Andrew , had finally solved the riddle of Paul Hill's disappearance, saved Sam Bowyer, had arrested a man who was behind one of the most organised child abusive rings (Paedophile ring) in souther England. A brothel had been closed down and supply line of child pornography disrupted and destroyed.
MY COMMENT..
INNOCENT BLOOD....OKAY for TIME PASS
May 9, 2020
Excellent. Had read it before but still guessing till the end
May 10, 2021
V good.
November 15, 2021
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In many ways this is the finest book in the series even including Dead of Winter. Quite brilliant and the plot develops right to the bitter sweet endings
In many ways this is the finest book in the series even including Dead of Winter. Quite brilliant and the plot develops right to the bitter sweet endings
October 8, 2025
gelesen Oktober 2010 sehr gut
July 28, 2020
Inspector Andrew Fenwick ist zur Major Crimes Squad versetzt worden und arbeitet fieberhaft am Fall eines spurlos verschwundenen Zwölfjährigen. Noch während er verzweifelt nach Sam Bowyer sucht, wird bei Bauarbeiten eine skelettierte Kinderleiche gefunden. Aufgrund des Zustandes des Toten kann es sich unmöglich um den vermissten Sam handeln, doch auch dieses Kind muss einem Verbrechen zum Opfer gefallen sein.
Louise Nightingale und ihr Team haben es derweil mit einem alten Major zu tun, der bei einem Polizeieinsatz in seinem Haus auf einen Einbrecher geschossen hat und das nicht zu bereuen scheint.
Wie sich herausstellt, gibt es möglicherweise Verbindungen zwischen dem Major und dem Tod des Jungen, der vor Jahren im Wald verscharrt wurde, sowie einem weiteren rätselhaften Vermisstenfall, der zwanzig Jahre zurückliegt. Außerdem tauchen pädophile Fotos in Postschließfächern auf, die mit den Fällen in Zusammenhang stehen …
Wieder ein routiniert-spannender Krimi aus England, dargestellt aus verschiedenen Blickwinkeln von Tätern, Opfern und Ermittlern. Die zarte Annäherung zwischen Fenwick und Nightingale hat sich zerschlagen und ist einem angespannten Verhältnis gewichen. Löblich, dass hier nicht die übliche Romanze zwischen zwei Ermittlern abläuft, aber Nightingales Stimmung und Sympathie ist das nicht gerade zuträglich.
Ein paar Schlüsse, die die Ermittler ziehen, wirkten ein wenig weit hergeholt, und das Gespann Nightingale/Fenwick hatte schon bessere Fälle, insgesamt trotzdem ein guter, flotter Krimi, der sich immer wieder um die Frage dreht, wie mit „schuldlos Schuldigen“ zu verfahren ist.
Louise Nightingale und ihr Team haben es derweil mit einem alten Major zu tun, der bei einem Polizeieinsatz in seinem Haus auf einen Einbrecher geschossen hat und das nicht zu bereuen scheint.
Wie sich herausstellt, gibt es möglicherweise Verbindungen zwischen dem Major und dem Tod des Jungen, der vor Jahren im Wald verscharrt wurde, sowie einem weiteren rätselhaften Vermisstenfall, der zwanzig Jahre zurückliegt. Außerdem tauchen pädophile Fotos in Postschließfächern auf, die mit den Fällen in Zusammenhang stehen …
Wieder ein routiniert-spannender Krimi aus England, dargestellt aus verschiedenen Blickwinkeln von Tätern, Opfern und Ermittlern. Die zarte Annäherung zwischen Fenwick und Nightingale hat sich zerschlagen und ist einem angespannten Verhältnis gewichen. Löblich, dass hier nicht die übliche Romanze zwischen zwei Ermittlern abläuft, aber Nightingales Stimmung und Sympathie ist das nicht gerade zuträglich.
Ein paar Schlüsse, die die Ermittler ziehen, wirkten ein wenig weit hergeholt, und das Gespann Nightingale/Fenwick hatte schon bessere Fälle, insgesamt trotzdem ein guter, flotter Krimi, der sich immer wieder um die Frage dreht, wie mit „schuldlos Schuldigen“ zu verfahren ist.
August 2, 2009
DCI Andrew Fenwick is on a case, which aims to expose a powerful paedophile ring. Moreover 11 year old Sam Bowyers is missing and every second counts. Meanwhile Inspector Nightingale is investigating the death of a con man who pulled a knife on a policeman, and was shot by Major Maidment. But were his actions as heroic as they seem? As tension mounts, Fenwick and nightingale ask themselves: is innocence in the eye of the beholder?
Found the subject matter a little hard to stomach, good story though lots of swearing, sexual content.
Found the subject matter a little hard to stomach, good story though lots of swearing, sexual content.
June 12, 2009
I didn't find this had quite the impact of the previous Corley novel I'd read, Grave Doubts but still was quite enjoyable. Somehow it lacked the urgency of that previous book.
Although I did listen to this on audio, I did have the print version with me as well and dipped in to clarify certain points and back track a little when I needed to.
July 4, 2013
Though this book was very hard to read (because of the subject matter)it was well worth the time and effort. The plot was gripping, the characters believable and the pace was fast. I've read several of Elizabeth Corley's Andrew Fenwick series and have liked them all. This one, however, does make you despair of some of mankind.
November 30, 2014
Loved this book, even though the subject matter of the investigation is quite difficult and disturbing at times, Elizabeth Corley produces so many twists and turns and intrigue that you stick with the more difficult parts to find out who did it? Another cracking book from this author, I was delighted to find it in my local library.
June 23, 2010
I really, really, really like Elizabeth Corley's book. Her books are always well written. Fenwick and Nightingale are a great team. This was interesting story. I truly wish she is published in U.S.
September 16, 2012
Another excellent read by this author. Very disappointed to see on Fantasticfiction that there are no more books after this one and it's four years since this one was done.
November 12, 2009
Complex story with likable & interesting main characters. I hope Corley writes more books in this series.
September 29, 2010
Another very good story from this author.
August 1, 2018
Bang average in my honest opinion, was ok but couldnt rave about it.
April 26, 2016
This is a very slow start and grim content. It was interesting enough to keep me listening and it did develop into a stronger finale.
May 23, 2013
great story line
September 27, 2013
I really enjoy her books and although this story was a bit long and a bit complex at times I like the way she fleshes out her characters. Great book, look forward to the next one
August 6, 2015
A dark and disturbing read revolving around a pedophile ring whose activities have been hidden away for decades. A touch too long otherwise this could easily have been 5 stars!
May 24, 2016
Boring - dreary - not for me
April 26, 2017
Now this is a series I shall be looking up to read the earlier novels. This is number four in the series and if the others are half as good they will be excellent reads.
The main characters, DCI Fenwick and his friend Inspector Nightingale, are both ambitious, have all the inner politics of the police force to deal with and Inspector Nightingale is female. Fenwick is told to keep clear of Nightingale by a misogynist boss, Nightingale has to put up with some anti-female behaviour.
Elizabeth Corley gives us two interesting 3D characters and then a plot which is full of twists and surprises. It's also more original than many police procedural plots can be. Fenwick and Nightingale are working on different problems which eventually tie together and it is not an easy task they have as proof is going to be difficult to find.
Readers who enjoy British police procedurals will enjoy this and anyone who likes a satisfying read will get great pleasure from the ending.
The main characters, DCI Fenwick and his friend Inspector Nightingale, are both ambitious, have all the inner politics of the police force to deal with and Inspector Nightingale is female. Fenwick is told to keep clear of Nightingale by a misogynist boss, Nightingale has to put up with some anti-female behaviour.
Elizabeth Corley gives us two interesting 3D characters and then a plot which is full of twists and surprises. It's also more original than many police procedural plots can be. Fenwick and Nightingale are working on different problems which eventually tie together and it is not an easy task they have as proof is going to be difficult to find.
Readers who enjoy British police procedurals will enjoy this and anyone who likes a satisfying read will get great pleasure from the ending.
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