A fire has claimed five lives in Leeds. It appears to have been arson.
Returning to the site if the fire, Sergeant Charlie Priest makes
acquaintance with the PC he stopped from entering the fire, Dave
Sparkington. This would be the beginning of the detective team that
Charlie wanted to create.
Now a DI, Charlie is running his own investigative unit in Heckly, with
Dave as part of it. Their most recent case is a series of home
invasions in the elderly. While his team is working on the
investigation, Charlie receives a request from a former MP to meet with
him. What he learns from the MP is both surprising and shocking and
goes back to the fire.
Priest begins to work on the case with the national fraud squad, but is
doing it basically on his own. It means looking at old files, looking
for missed leads. As he and Dave start to pull the leads together, a
better picture is drawn of who was responsible.
Author Stuart Pawson has written another good detective story and as
usual he manages to throw in some amusing insights. A thoroughly good
read.
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