The Pick, The Spade and The Crow (The National Crime Agency Book 1)
When the body of a man is discovered in woodlands outside Manchester, a ten-year missing-persons investigation can finally be filed away. But this was no ordinary death: gagged, bound and buried alive, he was the victim of a sophisticated and sadistic killer. And there is something else that has the National Crime Agency puzzled. A
When the body of a man is discovered in woodlands outside Manchester, a ten-year missing-persons investigation can finally be filed away. But this was no ordinary death: gagged, bound and buried alive, he was the victim of a sophisticated and sadistic killer. And there is something else that has the National Crime Agency puzzled. A single character carved into a nearby tree.
Newly promoted to the NCA’s Behavioural Sciences Unit, Senior Investigator Joanne Stuart is determined to hunt down the perpetrator. Just as Jo’s investigation begins to reveal links with other disappearances, there is another murder. This is no longer a cold case; she is dealing with the escalating violence of a chilling serial killer.
Stepping into a sinister world of secrets, symbols and rituals, Jo will have to confront the legacy of her own past and the violent memories that lurk there if she is going to solve this case. But at what cost?
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Better than expected! I don’t expect the exceptional from bargain Kindle purchases and this came as a very pleasant surprise. Firstly it is a crime novel, not a mystery novel and there is no information withheld from the reader and there is a believable progression towards the solution of the crime. Secondly it is “literate but not literary” as befits the subject-matter. Thirdly it has a very strong sense of place and is constantly of interest to a resident if the north-west (I’m not sure I’d walk through…
An intriguing story that heralds the start of a potentially riveting new crime series. This is the first book by Bill Rogers that I have read and overall I enjoyed it. It is an intriguing crime story that starts with the discovery of the body of a person reported missing about ten years earlier. The opening chapter is very dramatic but then the following chapters are a little less so as we are introduced to the main characters in the newly formed National Crime Agency’s (NCA) Behavioural Sciences Unit, along with a potted history of their lives and careers to date. Once passed…
First in the National Crime Agency Series The Pick, The Spade and the CrowBy Bill RogersAfter ten excellent police procedural novels featuring Tom Caton, as his main character, author Bill Rogers now takes us, along with one of Tomâs old team, into the National Crime Agency.Senior Investigator, Jo Stuart begins an investigation into the death of a man, whose body is discovered in woodlands outside Manchester, ten years after he disappeared. The investigation uncovers links to other disappearances and when…