Published by Pentangle Press, April 2014.
ISBN: 978-1-4952-32107-7
The discovery of two
boys shot dead, both under the age of twelve in a quiet suburban park is a
gruelling find. Assigned to the case is Superintendent Tyler head of Saltern's
Serious Crimes Team, and with his regular second-in-command on sick leave his
new DI is Gill Martin. There are however
five victims, three dead; a woman and the two children, and two wounded, a man
and a young woman. As the SOCO team proceed to sift the evidence it becomes a
possibility that there were three children present at the time of the attack,
and if so where is the third child?
Whilst his team try to establish the train of events, such
as who was shot first, Tyler, Gill Martin and his Sergeant Kerry Buller visit
the parents. Jasmin and Ian Quantrull confirm that their youngest child Charlie
has gone to the park with his two brothers.
As Tyler and his team investigate the lives of the five
victims, trying to establish a motive, the questions abound Were these random killings? Who were the intended victims? But the overriding urgency is ‘Where is
Charlie’
As complicated as is his job so to is Tyler. An avid reader Tyler has a habit of
finding passages from books leaping into his mind as he goes about his
job. Something that helps him make sense
of the ugliness he so regularly encounters, but which he keeps locked away from
his colleagues. It will be interesting
to learn more of Tyler.
Complex and compelling this is a fascinating mystery and even as the layers of the lives of both
victims and family members are stripped away, as the investigation progresses
you will still be eagerly turning the pages to see whodunit. A marvelous second book, I look forward to
the next. Most highly recommended.
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Reviewer: Lizzie Hayes
Carol Westron is a successful short story writer and a Creative
Writing teacher. She is the moderator
for the cosy/historical crime panel, The Deadly Dames. Her crime novels are set both in contemporary
and Victorian times. The Terminal
Velocity of Cats is the first in her Scene of Crimes novels, was published
July 2013
www.carolwestron.com
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