In the middle of the night, DI Ian Drake is awoken by a call telling him
that two police officers have been shot to death in the Crimea Pass.
The car that picks him up also picks up DS Caren Waits on the way to
the scene. Suspiciously, traffic cones had been set out by someone
creating the number four around the scene.
Within a short time, it comes to the attention of the investigating team
that the two victims had been bullies, also that one of them had been
the recipient of death threats as a result of his treatment of one
person in particular.
That evening DC David Howick is assaulted while making an arrest of a
potential suspect with DC Gareth Winder. Later at the post-mortem,
evidence of a taser being used on one of the officers comes to light as
does the fact that they were killed by crossbow bolts.
In hopes of advancing the investigation, Superintendent Price brings in a
profiler, which does not impress Drake. Shortly after this a
politician is killed atop Snowdonia. The team does get a vague
description of the suspect, but Drake is sure it is a disguise. Under
the body is found the number three. The investigation becomes personal
when a picture of the politician and his family is mailed to Drake's
parents.
After his father's doctor is murdered, someone breaks into Drake's house
and leaves a bottle in each of his daughters' bedroom with lyrics from
The Police "Message in a Bottle".
At this point author Stephen Puleston picks up the pace of the story.
Possible suspects are arrested, but what they tell him doesn't bring
conclusion to the mystery. The real suspect comes as a surprise.
All-in-all a good read, hard to put down. I'm looking forward to
reading the sequels.
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