Review: A fine example of police procedural, with local color and strong characters
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 23, 2014
Inspector Skelgill loves fishing, cricket, fine looking women and a meal, or two.  With humor and a strong sense of country and locale, Bruce Beckham has begun a series of whodunits featuring the indomitable Skelgill and DS Jones. I really enjoyed this mystery as it alluded to but didn't use foul language, the humor of the Scots was ever present and his descriptions made you feel like you were along for the ride. I could smell the rain, hear the fish coming up for a fly and was glad the no-see-ums were bothering Skelgill, not me. I hate the things!!! In this first of the Skelgill mysteries, he is running out of time on the murder case of a local advertising agency executive. When under pressure...go fishing. It works for his methodology. I want more Skelgill. He is a man who cares about his work, wants a good result and it's obvious that author Beckham does as well. Keep them coming please, Skelgill is a friend now.