Gus Freeman is a retired Detective Inspector who has spent the past three years alone. Freeman’s wife, Tess, died from a brain aneurysm six months to the day after his retirement. He is still coming to terms with his enforced solitary existence. His old boss wants Gus to head up a Crime Review Team investigating cold cases. Old witness statements and fresh clues would cloud his thoughts. The … witness statements and fresh clues would cloud his thoughts. The hunt would be on. Freeman wonders whether his superiors need his old-style methods. Is the request out of pity; to occupy his mind with fruitless digging into cases their best young brains failed to crack? Gus can’t resist the chance to enter the fray for one last hurrah.
In this first case, the team tackle the brutal murder of Daphne Tolliver in June 2008. The sixty-eight-year-old widow was walking her dog, Bobby in woodland close to her home. Despite the efforts of detectives at the time they never identified a single suspect. A reconstruction of Daphne’s last known moments on TV five years later yielded nothing. Gus Freeman and his new team appear to have a tough nut to crack for their first case.
“It’s a mystery that will keep you wondering, with the usual wide array of characters to enjoy that give Tayler’s novels their stamp.”
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Author has put together good book that will keep readers interest. Making interesting a dead case is a challenging task but this book does it with fine mixing of characters.
This book is 1st in series.But the story ends and characters carry on. So I will read more from this author
Interesting cold case novel.
enjoyed … a little different premise.. great ending…
Enjoyed immensely. Almost like he was telling me a memory. Good start to a series.
Excellent Cold case novel. Interesting characters.
Well written, good story, great characters.
This story had many twist & turns, also moves right along. Hard to put down. I read on my commute to and from work so a story like this that you can’t wait until you get back to it ! Suites my need to read
Very well written! Thoroughly enjoyed this book!
I can’t wait for the next in the series
Like the combination of modern systems and tried-and-true detective work.
I have been a big Anne McCaffrey fan. I think I have read almost all of her series and love the human side of all of her characters. This collection of short stories brought back memories of the larger books they became.
Well written. Entertaining. Very likable protagonist.
It was an interesting and easy to read book. Even had a tiny bit of romance trying to bloom.
It was a bit dry and slow at times, but there was a good mystery that came together at the end. The book is British, not my usual fare.
Good read. Good characters. Good plot.
A great mystery.
I liked the characters in this book. It also had a great story line and was unique and unpredictable. I would definitely read this author again!
It was a good first book in a series. Hope the next ones are as good.
A little slow at the start but picked up and then abruptly ended.