Detective Superintendent Roy Grace has been called out to the golf
course where a badly burned body has been found. A car is found nearby
with a suicide note inside. Grace has a niggling suspicion that the
note isn't what it appears to be. He leaves DI Glenn Branson and DS
Bella Moy in charge.
When questioned, the girlfriend of the victim is sure that he would
never have committed suicide. They seemed to have had something going
that was blossoming. A short time later, she is shocked when her car
goes up in flames at an intersection.
Her next shock comes the following day when at the store, explosions
occur, forcing her to the floor to avoid the smoke. In the confusion,
someone helps her out. She later discovers that a ring has been slipped
on her wedding finger. It is the ring her ex had given her before
their breakup. Is he the one behind the recent fire at what had been
their favourite restaurant?
At this point Grace sends Branson to follow up. Branson comes away
after meeting the woman that the suicide wasn't a suicide, and that
several fires are connected to it. How do they convince their senior
officers that it was a murder?
Fortunately Grace is able to do that, and immediately sets up a murder
inquiry team. However, things quickly begin to get out of hand.
Author Peter James has provided the reader with an excellent thriller,
full of non-stop action and fear. It is a real page turner, which I
couldn't put down. I'm looking forward to the sequel.
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