When Latham’s murder is investigated further, events from her recent past lead to the revisiting of a contentious case centred on police brutality. Throughout the book, Jackson takes us on an affectionate but not completely misty-eyed, trip through the familiar streets of his native city, and the city takes a role as a separate character in the book. Seller has stated it will dispatch the item within 1 working day upon receipt of cleared payment - opens in a new window or tab . The story starts with a bang with a horrific murder and the rather bizarre addition of a dead bird being placed on the body together with a note. My kindle is my life but I also have a substantial bookshelf in my cosy reading room where I can go to escape the stresses of family life with plenty of tea and chocolate.

I get that the long-winded set-ups and moment-by-moment description of characters' actions were meant to create drama and suspense, but I just found them tedious. At times there are loads of gory details, but if you can stomach the blood and guts that get spilt along the way you will love this story.By contrast, the Philharmonic pub just down the road is a huge establishment, famous for its ornate urinals! How do you actively cover two police officers with a crossbow whilst actively stabbing to death a third man? I studied Psychology successfully at A level and less successfully at degree level but it gave me a fascination into how human's react to different things, things such as personal tragedies in their own lives and what leads them to commit certain acts. Many thanks to Bonnier Publishing for providing me with an ARC via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. The Liverpool setting makes for an interesting change, the characters are well drawn and the plot builds to a taut and tense conclusion.

I bought it not long after it had been published in 2016, but I’ve only just got round to reading it. There is so much that I want to say about this story, but a lot of it is about the characters and the plot developments and it would almost certainly ruin the story for potential readers. DS Cody is a likable enough character, but he fits too perfectly into the mould of troubled hero for me and the ending didn’t entirely satisfy me either.I tried the book on a lark (ha, ha, pun intended -- read the book and you'll see why), and I am very glad I did. Her murder is followed by the death of her old partner and all too quickly there are more dead officers.