Death Watch

DI Peter Shaw and DS George Valentine are at the hospital because of a death; a suspicious death in the incinerator!  The younger brother of the victim informs Shaw and Valentine that the death was connected to drugs.  The victim could grab drugs before they were incinerated, but this time he had refused.  Was he killed for the refusal?

Valentine is sure that a previous case was connected to the street where the victim lived.  Going through old files he discovers that the twin sister of the victim had disappeared many years ago, and Shaw’s father had been the senior investigator.  Could it be relevant to the current case?

The following day, when Shaw is given a tour of the incinerator system, he shows the doctor a tag, which was found with the victim.  It points to the children’s ward, and there shouldn’t be surgical human waste coming from there.

At the morning briefing, Shaw comes to the realisation that the victim’s death was eighteen years to the date of his twin sister’s disappearance.

Later in the day, Shaw is informed that the human waste found with the body was a perfectly good kidney.  It must have been harvested for a transplant, which didn’t happen.  Could it have been a part of human body parts harvesting?  Apparently there is good money in that.

Things become more interesting when a floater is found.  And that is followed by the discovery of a body in a large garbage bag on a nearby island.  It is minus its eyes.  A common thread are the initials MVR on bracelets and a torch found with the three bodies.

Can Shaw and Valentine solve the case before anymore men die?  Author Jim Kelly’s mystery is fast paced with a bit of international intrigue thrown into the mix plus a cold case that the pair are very invested in.  A good read, leaving the reader wondering what will happen in the next book in the series.