My Review (4 stars out of 5)
Harbouring delusions that a young woman is a witch, former psychiatric patient Will Perkins is the first port of call when the woman in question is found murdered. But DCI Liam Doyle and his team find little evidence to back up Will’s arrest. To make things worse, Doyle’s sidekick DS Anna Morgan is still struggling with her own demons. Can the pair find the real killer before another body turns up?
This is the first book I’ve read by this author and the second in the DCI Doyle Thriller series. Initially, the story gripped me with its legendary setting of Pendle Hill, and the rumours surrounding the murder. In the author’s favour is that much of the dialogue is written without those pesky dialogue tags (which so often only add clutter to an otherwise excellent read). The pace of the book is also good with lots of twisty-turny bits and opportunities for guessing whodunnit along the way. I wasn’t drawn to the characters as much as I’d have liked, which is a shame, but overall, it’s an exciting and entertaining read.
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Fast approaching fifty; without enough money for a sports car, BD Spargo decided to express his mid-life crises by turning to crime …
Thankfully for pretty much everyone this meant writing crime fiction rather than anything more nefarious. Originally from London, he spent his early career working in television and theatre including on the Ruth Rendall Mysteries broadcast on ITV.
A life changing accident necessitated retraining and a change of direction going on to work in mental health services. This culminated in ten years managing a groundbreaking forensic psychiatric service. He now lives in Lancashire with his family and is getting acclimatised to the rain.
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