One buried crime. Many hidden secrets. A cold case investigation that will have you gripped from the explosive start to the heart-pounding conclusion. A skeletal body is unearthed in a wooded area of Peterborough, Cambridgeshire. DI James Bliss, together with DC Penny Chandler, investigate the case and discover that the young, female victim had been relocated from its original burial site. A … its original burial site. A witness is convinced that a young woman was struck by a vehicle back in the summer of 1990, and that police attended the scene. However, no record exists of either the accident or the reported victim. As the case develops, two retired police officers are murdered. The two are linked with others who were on duty at the time a road accident was reported.
As Bliss and Chandler delve deeper into the investigation, they start to question whether senior officers may have been involved in the murder of the young woman who was buried in the woods. As each link in the chain is put under duress, so is Bliss who clashes with superiors and the media. When his team receives targeted warnings, Bliss will need to decide whether to drop the case or to pursue those responsible, because the killer is much closer than they imagine . . .
“Breathe[s] new life into a sometimes stale genre . . . full of dark humor, well drawn characters and plenty of surprises to knock me off balance.” —Novel Gossip
Don’t miss The Scent of Guilt, the second thriller in the DI Bliss series!
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Wow! Just found this author, and he is great. Good writing, grant story. It was hard to put down.
The storyline failed to intrigue me.
I enjoyed this one very much. Being Canadian and not British I found the use of unexplained acronyms a bit too much at first. But eventually they disappear into the background and the story moves along very well
Loved this book, kept my interest to the very end. The killer was hidden until the end.
Great down to earth characters.
couldn’t hold my interest to finish
a good read I would recommend it. 4 stars is the top I ever give out unless we’re looking at something truly great.I.E. “sword of Truth” series, “Game of Thrones”,”Outlander” series.
Had me wondering who could have done it until the very end.
A little slow at the beginning but gets better quickly. Intriguing mystery!!
Definitely a murder mistery. Surprise ending. I never saw it coming.
great read, lots of twists and turns.
really enjoyed reading it.
can’t remember
Thoroughly enjoyed!
I am still reading it but I like it thus far!
Two young boys find bones in the shallow hole they made so they could bury their time capsule. The identity of the bones falls upon Detective Inspector James Bliss and Detective Constable Penny Chandler. After they call in an anthropologist, they learn the bones are twelve to sixteen years old and belong to a pregnant female. They also learn that the bones have been reburied in the place the boys found them. They set up a team to find out the identity of the bones, who murdered the pregnant woman and why the bones were dug up and reburied. Once they discover the identity of the woman, it falls on Bliss, Chandler and a third police officer, Detective Sergeant Bobby Dunne, to find out exactly what happened. The ending is a totally unexpected surprise.
Boy I usually have figured out who “done it” but right up to the end i never figured this out. Sure was fun to read
Well written.
GOOD book
A lot of twists and turns in this one
The book was easy to follow and the characters were presented to you with enough background and there were enough twist to keep you interested and also a great unexpected ending.”
Good read