Review: An excellent read
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 8, 2014
I read Brass in Pocket, Stephen Pulseton's first book and thoroughly enjoyed it. This second in the Drake series is just as good!Set in North Wales, a countryside I love from several visits - wish I could go again - the landscape is a fine background for an intricate and frustrating investigation into a murder. The ferry to Ireland from Wales is the crime scene and true to form, leads to more murders and an entanglement of relationships, some innocent, many not.Drake, an obsessive compulsive, is trying to break himself of the disorder before his marriage breaks down under the strain of his affliction and absence through work. His father is dying and his mother is stoic in coping. Add to that domestic mix, pressure from the police higher ups and the stage is right for a darned good yarn. All the characters in this story are complete and interesting in their own right, no matter how minor. Stephen Puleston reveals the crooks lives just as well as he does the police officers involved in the case.I thoroughly enjoyed this well-written novel and congratulate the author. I hope to hear a lot more of Drake, his team, their problems and their triumphs  :)