Make Them Pay (A Brock and Poole Mystery)
DCI Harry Brock and his sidekick, DS Dave Poole, have a tricky case on their hands. It looks as if the pair of bodies in an abandoned van could be connected with a vast swindle involving forged corporate share certificates originating in Germany. It appears the dead man and woman were involved in the scheme, but, as Brock and Poole well know, just because a murder victim might have been a criminal doesn’t mean you don’t have to bring the killer to justice. The Brock and Poole novels are mainstream police procedurals, and while this one’s story might have benefited from a little more narrative flexibilty, the author mainly sticks with the procedural format. That’s hardly a criticism, though, for a series that does what it does so well, and, as always, Ison peppers the book with humor and witty banter. Another solid entry in this increasingly popular series. --David Pitt