Fatal Decision

ACC Kenneth Truelove has a ten year old cold case on his hands.  A sixty-eight year old woman out walking her dog had been brutally murdered.  Unfortunately, to date, no detectives had had any success discovering the killer.  Truelove decides to ask retired DI Gus Freeman to take the case on.

Freeman will be given two sergeants and one more to work with.  Truelove gives him twenty-four hours to consider the job.  His immediate superior would be a man with whom he had not gotten along while active, Geoff Mercer.  However, the two seem to get along as Mercer introduces Freeman to the task and what resources he will have available.  DS Davis is a young and upcoming officer.  DS Hardy is wheelchair bound, but strong-willed.  The third member of his team is Lydia Barre, a recent graduate of forensic psychology.

The team is quick off the start.  Hardy comes up with a list of witnesses to interview, while Davis recognises one name in particular.  As they meet with witnesses, they begin to get new details that weren’t shared at the time.  It is those details that will lead Freeman and his team to the killer.

Author Ted Tayler’s first book in this series is a good whodunit with a surprising conclusion.  A good, quick read.  I look forward to reading the rest of the series.