Review: The Lakeland Murders series gets better and better!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 11 29, 2013
This is the second book in the Lakeland Murders series, and I have enjoyed this one as much as the first in the series. The main characters of this CID force are interesting and three dimensional. The most interesting part of the plot was the complex relationship that undercover ex-Royal Marine Sergeant Ian Mann forms with the man he is supposed to get to know and to confirm suspicions that he is part of a gang stealing livestock and farm machinery. The kinship and genuine bond that develops between these two men show a world that is not black and white, and how decent men can be forced into criminal behaviour out of desperation and necessity. The danger of Mann being exposed and his cover blown provided a real tension throughout the book. It was such a compelling plot with so much atmosphere in such a terrific setting, that I could not put down the book once I started reading it. I can't wait to start reading the third book in the series.