Newly minted Detective Sergeant Ben Cooper has a brutal murder on his
hands. It would appear that a young woman was killed during a home
invasion, while her husband was left to die. Fortunately the children
were not harmed. Cooper's investigation is part of a larger
investigation, which is looking into a series of home invasions in the
area. The media has dubbed the culprits "Savages".
Cooper has
just become engaged to his girlfriend, Liz; the woman who became a DS
before him, Diane Fry is off on course and now he is joined on the
investigation by a new Detective Constable. She is an old school
friend, Carol Villiers.
One evening, shortly after the home
invasion, Cooper and Villiers are walking above the small town when they
hear an alarm go of below in the town. They rush down and catch the
local snoop, but it would appear that he wasn't involved in the second
attempted home invasion. However, another death has occurred. Could
the snoop be the prime suspect?
As usual, Cooper doesn't feel
that the lead investigators on the team are searching in the right
direction. However, with Fry's return the senior investigating team
catch a break when the South Yorkshire Constabulary help them make an
arrest of one of the Savages. Tensions continue to run high in the
area, culminating in Cooper's brother shooting a trespasser in the back
with a shotgun. To keep his mind from his brother's troubles Cooper
continues to work. Villiers has evidence of a Savages home invasion
elsewhere on the same night as the fatal one. It would appear that
Cooper's instincts will prove correct.
Once again, author Stephen Booth has written an intriguing murder mystery. An excellent read, well worth it.
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