Mik lives in Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, but travels the length and breadth of the UK as a Project Manager. He's a long-time crime fiction fan, with bookshelves groaning under the weight of signed copies from some of the greats of the genre. He's also a reviewer, and an aspiring crime writer, with hopes of joining his literary heroes on a shelf near you in the not too distant future.
A body is found inside a derelict building. The corpse pinned to a wall with a bicycle spoke. It looks like someone was held there against their will. Evidence suggests that is was a young girl.
A receipt found at the scene leads Detective McAvoy to make links with another active case. Crystal Heathers isn’t missing according to her employer. The trainee Detective looking into it isn’t convinced. McAvoy has form for making leaps of faith, investigating where others don’t see any dots to join, but all roads lead back to an enemy from his past, and into a confrontation that McAvoy isn’t sure he’ll manage to walk away from intact.
In a series that started strongly, and has gotten progressively better with each book, I had high expectations, and was not disappointed. David Mark has a pace and rhythm to his writing that sucks you right in, from the way he brings Hull to life so vividly, to the nuances of each character. We’ve got several threads of plot running in parallel – kidnapping, murder, revenge, and a lust for power – all of which are brought artfully together by the end, building up to a crescendo that will leave you counting down the days to the next instalment.
