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DCI Morton #5
Missing Persons
Detective Inspector Rafferty never could say no. If someone asked her for help, she gave it. No ifs or buts.
When a troubled girl from Rafferty’s past calls asking for help to find her missing boyfriend, Rafferty can’t stop herself rushing to the rescue. She has to find him, get him home safe, and do it before Morton loses patience.
It wasn’t the first time Rafferty went out of her way to help somebody.
But it would be the last.
Missing Persons is a standalone novel in the DCI Morton series.
When a troubled girl from Rafferty’s past calls asking for help to find her missing boyfriend, Rafferty can’t stop herself rushing to the rescue. She has to find him, get him home safe, and do it before Morton loses patience.
It wasn’t the first time Rafferty went out of her way to help somebody.
But it would be the last.
Missing Persons is a standalone novel in the DCI Morton series.
294 pages, Paperback
Published November 1, 2017
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October 1, 2022
Here I go again jumping into a series in the middle.
While this is listed as a DCI Morton book he plays a fairly small role in the story
This book; as well as others in the series; are different. We spend a lot of time getting to know the suspects and victims long before we get to the police.
But we don't know everything no not a bit.
When a recently freed prisoner reaches out to a cop for help; a cop who knew her from her abusive childhood, the office can't refuse.
What seems like a straight forward missing person case turns into something much more strange and unusual. It seems that all the suspects have quite odd private lives but did this have anything to do with the missing man or are these just coincidence?
While this is listed as a DCI Morton book he plays a fairly small role in the story
This book; as well as others in the series; are different. We spend a lot of time getting to know the suspects and victims long before we get to the police.
But we don't know everything no not a bit.
When a recently freed prisoner reaches out to a cop for help; a cop who knew her from her abusive childhood, the office can't refuse.
What seems like a straight forward missing person case turns into something much more strange and unusual. It seems that all the suspects have quite odd private lives but did this have anything to do with the missing man or are these just coincidence?
November 15, 2017
DCI Morton and his team are looking into the death of a man who lived on a narrowboat. His girlfriend, Faye, has just come out of prison, and when he goes missing after an evening with friends, and is later found dead, she and the guests are suspects as they were the last to see him alive. Rafferty, new to the team, knows the girl from years ago, which adds to the intrigue.
The arguments for guilt or innocence in each case are compelling and contradictory and it’s a really tangled web. It’s an exciting read, especially the culmination. This is one of a series but I’ve found they each read well as a stand-alone.
The arguments for guilt or innocence in each case are compelling and contradictory and it’s a really tangled web. It’s an exciting read, especially the culmination. This is one of a series but I’ve found they each read well as a stand-alone.
February 14, 2018
Interesting but flawed
This was the first book I had read of the DCI Morton series. I found the police team a little peculiar - 3 DIs in one team? Unheard of. Mayberry's stuttering became a bit annoying after a while and he and Ayala didn't seem all that bright for DIs. Dissociative personality disorder is extremely rare, but authors like to trot it out a little too often. An intriguing read, but I have read lot better.
This was the first book I had read of the DCI Morton series. I found the police team a little peculiar - 3 DIs in one team? Unheard of. Mayberry's stuttering became a bit annoying after a while and he and Ayala didn't seem all that bright for DIs. Dissociative personality disorder is extremely rare, but authors like to trot it out a little too often. An intriguing read, but I have read lot better.
September 4, 2019
"Giving the game away"
This one lost all its grip as soon as Faye left Holloway and someone mistook her for Leah. I appreciate the amount of research that went into the forensics, the ballistics and the operation and maintenance of a canal barge but this wasn't a psychological drama. It was like playing patience with all the cards face up
This one lost all its grip as soon as Faye left Holloway and someone mistook her for Leah. I appreciate the amount of research that went into the forensics, the ballistics and the operation and maintenance of a canal barge but this wasn't a psychological drama. It was like playing patience with all the cards face up
January 19, 2019
Another Winner!
Don’t even think about getting any sleep if you are reading a DCI Morton Crime Novel. Just when you think you have it all figured out, another twist comes your way.
Don’t even think about getting any sleep if you are reading a DCI Morton Crime Novel. Just when you think you have it all figured out, another twist comes your way.
May 16, 2022
I would have given it a 3-1/2, but since that's not available, I generously gave it a 4. It was a fairly good book and did keep me guessing "who-donit," but it lacked the heart that I like to have in a book, also, there was some profanity, which I never like. The story opens with Faye and Mark. She's just joined him to live on a narrowboat in an English canal - which is an interesting element to the story. Faye, at only age 18, has just gotten out of prison after a four -year stint. After a couple chapters or so, Mark disappears and the story starts in the direction we'll follow. After police fail to offer sufficient help to Faye when she reports him missing, she contacts police officer Ashley Rafferty, whose card she had from when she was younger. Rafferty is dedicated to doing a good job and gets caught up in the case. There are twists and turns and the finale is a surprise, almost like "really??"
December 14, 2017
Very good.
A baffling murder with a bunch of suspects.
This is the first book I've read which mentions longboats in London, so that was interesting. The DCI has four or five people working for him and all contributed. Other characters are used sparingly, but have impacts on the investigation. The suspects all played a pretty big role, and they were not eliminated quickly or easily. All of them, including the victim, have some ghosts in their closets. Finally, technology is used a lot throughout the story. I was aware or some of the methods previously, but became aware of a few more in this book. Some people don't like the 1984 big brother, but if you're not doing anything wrong, you've got nothing to worry about, right?
Put all of this together and you have a pretty good read that is difficult to put down.
A baffling murder with a bunch of suspects.
This is the first book I've read which mentions longboats in London, so that was interesting. The DCI has four or five people working for him and all contributed. Other characters are used sparingly, but have impacts on the investigation. The suspects all played a pretty big role, and they were not eliminated quickly or easily. All of them, including the victim, have some ghosts in their closets. Finally, technology is used a lot throughout the story. I was aware or some of the methods previously, but became aware of a few more in this book. Some people don't like the 1984 big brother, but if you're not doing anything wrong, you've got nothing to worry about, right?
Put all of this together and you have a pretty good read that is difficult to put down.
February 25, 2018
Longboats on the London waterways – often moving berths to save money, or to avoid people you don’t want to find you – can be a headache to the law when your are trying to locate a murderer. When a girl from DI Rafferty’s past asks for help to find her boyfriend, she doesn’t hesitate to help look for him, as long as she doesn’t annoy her boss, DCI Morton. Until his body turns up in a canal...
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This copy was an Instafreebie selection, chosen by chance. Not all of those selected are chosen for review. Indeed, not all are finished, although most are. Good luck to all Indie authors; please support each other by way of reviews. We all want reviews but are not always prepared to give them in return.
December 8, 2020
Missing Persons
A good read about a woman who gets released from prison after 4 years and goes to live with her boyfriend on his boat. He's a complete jerk towards her and she's relatively childish and meek. She wakes up one morning to find him gone, and after a couple days reports him missing. Not trusting that the police will take the case seriously, she finds a business card from a female police officer who once helped her and calls her for help finding her boyfriend. With suspicious info and suspects being found left and right, the twists keep coming. I had it figured out roughly halfway through, but didn't anticipate the final outcome. Set around London area.
A good read about a woman who gets released from prison after 4 years and goes to live with her boyfriend on his boat. He's a complete jerk towards her and she's relatively childish and meek. She wakes up one morning to find him gone, and after a couple days reports him missing. Not trusting that the police will take the case seriously, she finds a business card from a female police officer who once helped her and calls her for help finding her boyfriend. With suspicious info and suspects being found left and right, the twists keep coming. I had it figured out roughly halfway through, but didn't anticipate the final outcome. Set around London area.
May 14, 2020
Good mystery. Good characters. An absorbing read
Although this is a stand alone mystery I felt a little left out of the Morton-Rafferty connection as this is the first book I’ve read in the series. Having said that Rafferty was a well drawn character and I would like to spend more time with her. Morton didn’t feel as real to me and I didn’t get the connection with Rafferty. The other detectives were all very well drawn and believable. All in all a good solid mystery with a great location on the narrow boats of London.
Although this is a stand alone mystery I felt a little left out of the Morton-Rafferty connection as this is the first book I’ve read in the series. Having said that Rafferty was a well drawn character and I would like to spend more time with her. Morton didn’t feel as real to me and I didn’t get the connection with Rafferty. The other detectives were all very well drawn and believable. All in all a good solid mystery with a great location on the narrow boats of London.
December 26, 2020
Another great entry in the series! I like that the authors shake things up and take a different style of narration with this one. Morton at times gets on my nerves with his approach to things and stubbornness, such as his disregard for Dr Jensen's advice on the mental health of his patient. But he's a flawed character, so that's a good thing, and he's a good person overall. I liked Ashley Rafferty a lot more in this one, she felt like she had less of a chip on her shoulder, and she had a more prominent role in the story and her personality did shine. Looking forward to the next one!
March 5, 2019
Faye was out, and now freedom, Mark who visited each week was waiting for her. He had a narrow boat, that they would be leaving on, changing where it where it was dock. He had a meeting with a client that would mean a big bonus for them. Mark never came home, police weren’t much help. She had the phone number for Miss Rafferty given to her some time back, she had no one else to turn to for help. An unusual case that ends with a twist. Good plot with Faye and Miss Rafferty.
November 17, 2022
Faye is released from prison and goes to live on a narrow boat with her boyfriend. Her happily ever after sputters to a stop when her boyfriend goes missing. The police are confident that he will turn up. Faye reaches out to Rafferty, who had helped her with an earlier problem, for assistance. This book kinda gave the ending away early on, so the big twist wasn't as twisty as it could've been. Decent police procedural, this series is just missing a little something.
June 1, 2017
Interesting
Prior to this new release, the DCI Morton series was one of my favorites in the British police procedural genre. This has now been reinforced after reading Book 5. I did however feel that this story's plot was a tiny bit weak compared to the previous ones. But it's the characters - Morton and his team, the continue to be the strongpoint of the series.
Prior to this new release, the DCI Morton series was one of my favorites in the British police procedural genre. This has now been reinforced after reading Book 5. I did however feel that this story's plot was a tiny bit weak compared to the previous ones. But it's the characters - Morton and his team, the continue to be the strongpoint of the series.
December 27, 2018
Detective Rafferty finds it hard to say no to helping those in need. When Faye contacts her to help her find her missing boyfriend, she can't refuse. It doesn't become a real case until he's found dead. DCI Morton and his team have to figure out who could've have done it. They uncover some surprising things.
Okay police procedural with interesting story.
Okay police procedural with interesting story.
September 28, 2017
Worth the wait
Having read the previous 4 stories about DCI David Morton I and his team I couldn't wait to start on this latest book from the off you are engrossed and the storyline has you wondering where they are heading in their search absolutely brilliantly written have to say I was not disappointed 5 stars I couldn't give it anything less
Having read the previous 4 stories about DCI David Morton I and his team I couldn't wait to start on this latest book from the off you are engrossed and the storyline has you wondering where they are heading in their search absolutely brilliantly written have to say I was not disappointed 5 stars I couldn't give it anything less
November 18, 2017
The saddest mystery novel I've ever read
I have read the earlier books in the series--all of them. I didn't expect this book to take the road it did. I cannot add much more to this review without including a spoiler. I will say that justice could have been served less with less blood.
I have read the earlier books in the series--all of them. I didn't expect this book to take the road it did. I cannot add much more to this review without including a spoiler. I will say that justice could have been served less with less blood.
December 2, 2017
Frustrating and Convoluted, Like Real Police Work
Necessarily plodding story of a puzzling murder with a closed suspect pool. Gives an interesting and more realistic view of what investigation really is - stark and often brutal, tragic and devastating. The “office politics” is also straight on, no embellishment or fanfare, just life as it happens.
Necessarily plodding story of a puzzling murder with a closed suspect pool. Gives an interesting and more realistic view of what investigation really is - stark and often brutal, tragic and devastating. The “office politics” is also straight on, no embellishment or fanfare, just life as it happens.
December 4, 2017
I enjoyed this book; perhaps because the locations were quite unusual; much of the story takes place aboard a ‘narrow boat’ on the canal system in London. The book started a bit slow -> but the pace speeded up mid-novel. Overall: articulate prose, interesting characters, believable plot, suspense, not ‘stuffy’ like some British writing.
July 24, 2018
These books get better all the time
An unusual mystery with a twist I have read all 5 of the DCI Morton books now and they get better every time
The first couple I found confusing with too many different characters but the authors seem to have realised that now I still guessed the killer but not till nearer the end
An unusual mystery with a twist I have read all 5 of the DCI Morton books now and they get better every time
The first couple I found confusing with too many different characters but the authors seem to have realised that now I still guessed the killer but not till nearer the end
March 26, 2019
Not brilliant
Most of this was ok ish readable but not the slightest bit gripping or suspenseful. The characters not very believable.
The last few chapters were totally bizarre, the split personality 'twist' ridiculous! !
Why are the chapters named? Really irritating.
I have read couple of other books by these young men some time ago and am sure they were better than this.
Most of this was ok ish readable but not the slightest bit gripping or suspenseful. The characters not very believable.
The last few chapters were totally bizarre, the split personality 'twist' ridiculous! !
Why are the chapters named? Really irritating.
I have read couple of other books by these young men some time ago and am sure they were better than this.
August 29, 2019
First book I’ve read of the DCI Morton series..but although it was number 5, I felt it worked as a stand alone..I didn’t feel I’d missed much back story of this detective. It was a gripping read, loads of guessing at possible suspects and an unexpected twist at the end..exactly what you want from a crime thriller. Good read!
May 13, 2020
DI Rafferty responses when approached by a newly released convict, Faye. It seems Mark Sanders, boyfriend of Faye Atkins has disappeared. But what couldn be the possible reason. DCI Morton and his team investigate
An okay read, it just didn't really interest me and I didn't find any of the main characters likeable.
An okay read, it just didn't really interest me and I didn't find any of the main characters likeable.
August 5, 2017
Exciting all the way through. Just what you want to read on a cold wet day and night.
This story is so sleek. So many twists and turns it makes you wonder what will happen next. You won't know until the end.
This story is so sleek. So many twists and turns it makes you wonder what will happen next. You won't know until the end.
January 3, 2018
This is a very well written British police procedural. I enjoyed the book -- good characters, plot, etc. I wasn't thrilled with the ending, but I won't give it away. I plan to read more from this author.
December 2, 2017
Compelling!
Good plot! Original thinking! I didn't want to put the book down until I knew who did it! You must have had fun writing this one. Thanks for keeping me awake all night! 😃😉
Good plot! Original thinking! I didn't want to put the book down until I knew who did it! You must have had fun writing this one. Thanks for keeping me awake all night! 😃😉
December 6, 2017
Great story, complicated personalities make finding murderer difficult
Great story, complicated personalities make finding murderer difficult. Did the brother kill the brother? Did the wife kill the husband? Or was it the business partner?
Great story, complicated personalities make finding murderer difficult. Did the brother kill the brother? Did the wife kill the husband? Or was it the business partner?
December 7, 2017
Now that was a shocker!
This story was very interesting. It was well written and very enjoyable. The ending was really shocking. Overall a very good story. I would recommend this to anyone who enjoys suspense.
This story was very interesting. It was well written and very enjoyable. The ending was really shocking. Overall a very good story. I would recommend this to anyone who enjoys suspense.
January 24, 2018
Another can't put it down read from the Campell brothers.
I thought it would be a more conventional missing persons story, but it wasn't that sort of book.
Instead it was more of a mystery about who could have done the murder.
I thought it would be a more conventional missing persons story, but it wasn't that sort of book.
Instead it was more of a mystery about who could have done the murder.
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