Review: Interesting Detective
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 06 30, 2013
John Ray grew up in a mob family but decided to go straight.  When he was a kid, he secretly wanted to be a cop.  He went to Cambridge, got a degree in accounting and didn't want to go back to his home town of Leeds.  His dad and brother worked out of a car dealership, using that as their cover for their "business dealings".John went back for a visit and while standing in the dealership with his dad and brother, his brother was shot and died.  His dad was old and was put into a nursing home.  John stayed and turned the dealership into a legitimate business.Things were going well for awhile until a prostitute was found dead in the trunk (boot) of one of his cars.  Because  it was one of John's cars and because of his family background, he was the top suspect.  When asked where he was on the night of the murder, he did have an alibi, he was sleeping with one of their detectives.  Their next suspect, was Freddie Metcalf, John's one and only salesman.  John knew thatFreddie couldn't have murdered the girl, so he decided to investigate the murder on his own, giving the cops the information that he found.The book was good with interesting characters.  I will be looking forward to more books from John Barlow.