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Title: Death Surge
Author: Pauline Rowson
Narrator: Gordon Griffin
Format: Unabridged
Length: 8 hrs and 55 mins
Language: English
Release date: 09-07-17
Publisher: Soundings
Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective
Publisher's Summary:
A telephone call from a frantic Sergeant Cantelli to say that his nephew, Johnnie Oslow, is missing cuts short Detective Inspector Horton's sailing trip.
Summoned back to the Isle of Wight, Horton learns that Johnnie has not shown up for racing during Cowes Week. The investigation is ranked low priority by Horton's boss, Detective Chief Inspector Lorraine Bliss. But events take a very different turn when the charred remains of a body are discovered in one of the disused tunnels at the Hilsea Lines in Portsmouth.
With the arrival of Detective Chief Superintendent Sawyer of the Intelligence Directorate and Agent Harriet Eames of Europol, what began as the hunt for a missing man becomes the search for a ruthless killer.
Members Reviews:
when is the next one!
Excellent as always. Great plot and subplot. Nice to see Andy Horton perceiving the limits of his solitude. Good read.
Smooth as silk
I enjoyed this book by Pauline Rowson. It was the first book of hers that I have read and I don't think it will be the last. Not only does Andy solve the latest murders but the back stories revolving in his quest to find out what happened to his mother, the problems that are going on in his life makes for a very believable read.
This is a fast paced excellent mystery, with an interesting diverse set of characters and an intriguing hook at the end that has me eagerly awaiting the next installment in this series.
The writing was really really good. Smooth as silk, some lovely descriptive pieces, some great one liners. The best part is that even though the novel is part of a series, it can easily be read alone. While there are references to occurrences outside the scope of this novel, everything is adequately explained without being overly explained. I would recommend this book.
Sailing police mystery
I found this a difficult book to rate. In the end I have decided on 4 stars as it merits more than 3. DI Andy Horton the main character in this Portsmouth based police detective story, has a background which is not fully explained as this is the most recent in a series of mysteries by Pauline Rowson. The story line is based round the sailing fraternity on the south coast and how sailing is a major part of their lives, and are willing to kill for it. One of Andy Horton's colleagues nephew goes missing and starts an investigation that has a growing body count.
Overall this is a good story but is slow to gather pace with the detectives guessing rather than working with solid clues. It does speed up concluding well. Lingering in the background however is the thread from the series which is not answered or even makes much progress, this could have been handled better. Otherwise a good book.