Review: New UK star of the genre?
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 08 20, 2013
This is a great improvement over the 'introductory' novel by this author.For a first time in a long time I had to finish it by 3 am - some of the bad guys were not revealed till the last pages and DI Romney (similar as in the previous novel) did suffer a grave bodily harm. and passed out in a critical moment. Thank god for DS Marsh.As other reviewers write, the author's dry sense of humor and a good knowledge of the UK police system (much more benign than, for instance, the fictional and real LAPD here) seems to be first hand. Being bit old fashioned I actually prefer scheming lower level cops to the villains in high places of many Connelly's LA novels.Dover is a great location, its white cliffs (pure chalk, I think)have been traditionally the first thing 'bloody foreigners' saw before entering England.Not, of course, if you arrive by a plane or now through the Chunnel, of course.Highly recommended and now to the third published book. I have to slow down and get some sleep. The third book will not go away.