Review: A very satisfying read
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 08 16, 2013
I had one very big problem with this book. After receiving it for review, I discovered it is tenth in a series so now, after reading it, I have to go get the first nine. Because I want to know everything about the whole Rafferty clan. The book is just the right balance of police procedural and humor.A party. A stolen invitation. A body - Sir Rufus Seward. A man everyone seems to hate. But his murder seems to have set-up Mickey Rafferty to take the fall. Before anyone realizes though, Detective Inspector Joseph Aloysius Rafferty spirits his brother away to hide in a less than desirable caravan. So while JAR, as he is called by Mickey, races to find the real murderer all the while worried that if he isn't quick enough, he will be charged with conspiracy to pervert the course of justice.I enjoyed the character Sgt. Dafyd Llewellyn - a moral high ground kind of guy, who upholds the position of sidekick we see so often in British police procedurals, very well. And I liked how fiancé Abra is able to sit JAR down, get him talking everything through and focusing his mind to see what he missed. That looks like it will be a promising personal partnership for the Detective Inspector.I look forward to going back to the beginning and reading this series from one end to the other.