An Immoral Murder

DCI Mike Patterson #1

by Will Cameron

All murder is wrong.
Yet some murders are just more immoral than others.

When an innocent young woman is murdered in her own bed in the dead of night, it shocks the whole of Glasgow. When it emerges that the murderer climbed three storeys high to enter the victim’s kitchen window, shock is replaced by fear. Will the killer strike again? When will the killer strike again? The responsibility in finding the murderer falls to DCI Mike Patterson. In an abusive relationship and suffering from anxiety, life isn’t easy at the best of times. Now, life is about to become a whole different level of difficult. As he struggles to find the killer and suspects come into view, it appears that Susan may not have been as innocent as she first appeared…

453 pages, Kindle Edition

Published March 3, 2021

About the author

Originally from Glasgow, Will Cameron now lives in Lincolnshire. Having written for many years, he started to publish his books on Amazon in 2021, beginning with An Immoral Murder. This was the first in the DCI Patterson series, followed by The Glasgow Subway Murders and Glasgow Psycho. A fourth in the series, Murder at the Partick Bunhouse Cafe, will be published in late 2025. A standalone thriller, The Birdman of Sauchiehall Street, was also published in early 2025. When not writing, Will runs an online jewellery shop and can usually be found cycling around the beautiful Lincolnshire countryside.

Reviews

[Tony Nix · Rating 3 out of 5]

not a bad story

Not a bad story line but a bit meandering. Wouldn’t read any more about Patterson as he was to far gone for a longer story line.

[Kazbloom · Rating 3 out of 5]

Had potential but not quite polished enough

Pluses: you were kept guessing who was murderer.

Negatives:
Characters - not totally believable, and crudely developed. Not helped by mostly referring to them by surname so harder to keep track of who was who and have that image of the person invite head.
Themes: no idea what the main focus or theme of book was. It seemed it was trying too hard to cover a multitude of topics and the result was none of them were done well.
Tried to keep mystery in by throwing lots and lots of suspects but again there was no development, and they felt like out of place add one like they were quickly thought of and stuck in without actually being a purposeful character.

Wasn't the most enjoyable read, as I struggled with the writing style. It was like reading a first draft.of a teenager's imaginative essay, with some fine tuning and reworking, could be fantastic.

[Mrs Julie · Rating 3 out of 5]

I chose this book because a) I like police procedurals and b) it’s set in an area I know well. I’m aware it’s a debut novel so I gave it a bit of leeway on the rating. Pros: it’s quite a good story with believable characters (mostly) and plot (mostly). Cons: too many errors that are easily checked (vet school takes 5 years, not 3, Scotland doesn’t have coroners… and a few others) and terrible punctuation & grammar mistakes - “gotten” is not a British word. There are a couple of procedural errors too but I don’t want to be overly harsh as I quite enjoyed the story. DCI Mike Patterson is battling crippling anxiety and an alcoholic wife while he tries to solve the murder of a vet student with a secret. A second murder with similarities piles in the pressure as the suspects include a tv personality, small time gangsters and a motley selection of others. It’s not the best book I’ve ever read but it’s not the worst. Oh, and no self-respecting Scot would order cod for their fish supper! 😉😂 I’ll give the 2nd one a chance.

[Sandra McCourt · Rating 2 out of 5]

It was very promising at the start the it kind of dwindles away into nothingness until near the end. The bit in the middle had more suspects than Ali Baba and his thieves but quite a good plot. For me as you see it got very boring in the middle. Too many things going on and lots of opportunities missed with the wife of the DCI. I actually don’t think I remember many first names apart from the victims. The police characters were all referred by their surnames. The characters need to be bonded together make it real. But I have the second book free from kindle so will give it a go

[Sue Hudson · Rating 1 out of 5]

Too ridiculous

I did not finish this book, the story was too silly. I have never read a novel where there were so many damaged characters, the senior detective who was subject to panic attacks, his drunken abusive wife. Daniel who lost his job and his girlfriend, the over the hill tv personality. The red herrings, the vet, the landlord, the stalker it was all too much and then the reason for the killings had never been mentioned during the story.

[SANDY WARDROPE · Rating 5 out of 5]

The main protagonist's problem in police novels are usually divorce, a wayward daughter, alcoholism, sexual orientation or a runaway cat. This was different an alcoholic wife with all the problems that brings along with a potential stalker, his workmate. I'll try the next one to see how our hero gets on.

[David Best · Rating 2 out of 5]

Going through the motions

It seemed to me that the author was writing to a formula with which he was not entirely happy. The whole thing lacked that spark which would have made it more entertaining.

[John Roberts · Rating 4 out of 5]

I enjoyed this book. My first by Will but certainly won't be my last. Patterson is not your typical DCI. I off course recommend this book. Stick with it though as its slow at times! Only 4 stars due to the slowness but a good read none the less.

[brenda mullan · Rating 5 out of 5]

An immoral murder

First time I have read a book by this author. Enjoyed the back story. Not all police work, will read the next.

[Shona Wilson · Rating 5 out of 5]

brilliant read

This is a must read can’t wait to read book 2, dci Patterson and team are great and storyline has a total twist your kept guessing right to the end

[Charlotte Mcmanus · Rating 3 out of 5]

Felt a bit rushed at the end but enjoyed how all the characters intertwined with one another

[Kath Warburton · Rating 4 out of 5]

took time

Confusing start due to lack of continuity initially between various characters/storylines, whilst it came together in the end it was frustrating for quite a long time.