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The Rat Pack #1
Let It Snow
Police Constable Ernie Shavers is murdered while trying to save the life of a suicidal teenager and everyone wants a piece of the killer. Some are happy to play it by the book, others don’t give a damn whether the rules are smashed to pieces. Whether they’re playing straight or crooked, they may not have long before the killer strikes again. Unfortunately it’s a big city and the current crime wave has thrown them a couple of curve balls to pile on the pressure.
At the zoo, a rhino is killed for its horn. With no evidence trail and a broken heart, DS Sue Nolan turns to an old flame, a man who always has his ear to the ground. Gangland boss Johnny Yen is only too happy to help, but only if he can get a little something in return.
In the centre of town, the biggest store in the city is robbed by a mannequin. It’s the perfect inside job and the owners of the store know exactly which officer they want on the case, only the officer doesn’t feel quite the same way.
If that wasn’t bad enough, record snowfall has created chaos within the police department.
It’s going to be one hell of a Christmas.
At the zoo, a rhino is killed for its horn. With no evidence trail and a broken heart, DS Sue Nolan turns to an old flame, a man who always has his ear to the ground. Gangland boss Johnny Yen is only too happy to help, but only if he can get a little something in return.
In the centre of town, the biggest store in the city is robbed by a mannequin. It’s the perfect inside job and the owners of the store know exactly which officer they want on the case, only the officer doesn’t feel quite the same way.
If that wasn’t bad enough, record snowfall has created chaos within the police department.
It’s going to be one hell of a Christmas.
- GenresCrime
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First published October 1, 2019
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About the author
Nigel Bird
52 books75 followersNigel Bird is the author of the Rat Pack series, The Shallows, the Southsiders series, In Loco Parentis, Smoke, Mr Suit and Dirty Old Town as well as a number of other novels, novellas and collections.
His work has appeared in a number of prestigious magazines and collections, including 2 editions of The Best Of British Crime,The Reader, Crimespree and Needle.
He is currently an editorial consultant for the publisher All Due Respect books.
He lives on the East Coast of Scotland in Dunbar (Sunny Dunny) with his wife and three children.
As well as writing fiction, he has been a teacher for thirty years and has worked in a number of mainstream and special schools.
His work has appeared in a number of prestigious magazines and collections, including 2 editions of The Best Of British Crime,The Reader, Crimespree and Needle.
He is currently an editorial consultant for the publisher All Due Respect books.
He lives on the East Coast of Scotland in Dunbar (Sunny Dunny) with his wife and three children.
As well as writing fiction, he has been a teacher for thirty years and has worked in a number of mainstream and special schools.
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December 4, 2019
4.5 stars
I like to get my teeth into a seasonal thriller and there have been several new ones this year. Let It Snow starts with a bang. The city is choked with snow and a young potential suicide has to be talked down from a bridge. There’s a death and the overstretched police dealing with it are pushed to their limits. In some cases, past their limits, you feel. The tension is well-paced and, as in real life, there’s more than one case running together. Police personnel’s home lives are part of the problem. I found this a really good read.
(Be aware that the publisher has chosen to add another 13% back matter – excerpts from three novels by three of their other authors. This is not something I like, and I’m sure I’m not alone in this.)
I like to get my teeth into a seasonal thriller and there have been several new ones this year. Let It Snow starts with a bang. The city is choked with snow and a young potential suicide has to be talked down from a bridge. There’s a death and the overstretched police dealing with it are pushed to their limits. In some cases, past their limits, you feel. The tension is well-paced and, as in real life, there’s more than one case running together. Police personnel’s home lives are part of the problem. I found this a really good read.
(Be aware that the publisher has chosen to add another 13% back matter – excerpts from three novels by three of their other authors. This is not something I like, and I’m sure I’m not alone in this.)
December 17, 2019
You'll want to spend time with the characters in this book. They're ordinary people in all their glory and folly. Bird even manages to make one of the most hated characters in fiction (or life)--the cop killer--engaging and interesting. Highly recommended, even for those who don't usually dig police procedurals.
January 17, 2020
A police procedural will typically have a member or members of law enforcement, often detectives, as the protagonists and focus on their investigation and actions to solve the crime. Solving the crime might or might not involve figuring out who did it, figuring out how to prove they did it, and/or just finding the right person or persons. As a reader we’re normally like an assistant, looking over the detective’s shoulder, trying to put the clues together too.
Sometimes the reader will be given a glimpse of the suspect that the detective doesn’t get. That was the case in this story. These glimpses were interesting in that they changed what I wanted to have happen. I still wanted the culprit to get caught, but I was hoping for more. I don’t want to say more so as to avoid spoiling the story, but this aspect was a twist I can’t remember feeling in a story like this before.
As for story, it was well told. The characters are interesting and unique. A solid and worthwhile read.
**Originally written for "Books and Pals" book blog. May have received a free review copy. **
Sometimes the reader will be given a glimpse of the suspect that the detective doesn’t get. That was the case in this story. These glimpses were interesting in that they changed what I wanted to have happen. I still wanted the culprit to get caught, but I was hoping for more. I don’t want to say more so as to avoid spoiling the story, but this aspect was a twist I can’t remember feeling in a story like this before.
As for story, it was well told. The characters are interesting and unique. A solid and worthwhile read.
**Originally written for "Books and Pals" book blog. May have received a free review copy. **
November 22, 2021
Workman like novel, with some excellent scenes, but as a whole it was a bit of a drudge to read. I'd read other books by Bird, but he isn't high on the list to find more by him
November 25, 2021
4.5 stars I'll look for more books by this author
December 26, 2019
A young policeman is killed by a suicidal teenager while the city – and the murder investigation- is crippled by a snowstorm. Nigel Bird’s Let It Snow smoothly combines kitchen-sink social-realism with a Brit Grit police procedural and is as authentic as it is involving. Let It Snow is the first in Nigel Bird’s new series and is highly recommended.
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