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In a small Scottish university town, what links a spate of horrible murders, a targeted bomb explosion and a lecturer’s disappearance? Is a terror group involved? If so, who is pulling the strings? And what does something that happened over forty years ago have to do with it?
Having recently returned to Castletown in the hope of winning back his estranged wife, DCI Jim Carruthers finds himself up to his eyes in the investigation.
Struggling with a very different personal problem, DS Andrea Fetcher assists Jim in the hunt for the murderous perpetrators. To prevent further violence they must find the answers quickly. But will Jim’s old adversary, terror expert McGhee, be a help or a hindrance?
The first in a new series featuring DCI Jim Carruthers
Robbing the Dead Tana Collins 9780995692695 Books
There was so much to like in this novel, interesting characters, good plot and fairly fast paced. So why only 3 stars? It was the ending. It left the main character in deep trouble and conflict. I know this is done to get the reader to by the next book. But it doesn't work that way for me. It just turns me off.Product details
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Robbing the Dead Tana Collins 9780995692695 Books Reviews
This was a very good book.i have not read the next one yet.
Enjoyable first book, I look forward to reading more and learning how the main charters will progress as time goes on.
In a web of indecision and hate several characters were misguided in their actions. There were many times when quick tempers sidetracked the real issues at hand. Finally united as a cohesive group brought victory in getting the last leader of a terrorist group.
Great read realistic full of twists and turns engrossed in the characters now on to the second book in the series
Quite entertaining and definitely a step up in crime writing. Well developed plot.
4 stars
DS Dougie Harris is more than a little lazy and often put out by his boss. He’s also a little rough on the ne’er do wells he captures and not at all PC. DS Andrea “Andie” Fletcher is a very professional and smart young woman.
DCI Jim Carruthers was going to talk a holiday and was almost on his way when he was called into a crime scene. A young man, who looks to be from the local RAF Base, was beaten to death. The victim is later discovered to be Rhys Evans. He was left in the doorway to an apartment building. Hi body shows signs of an earlier beating.
The investigation begins. They find out who was involved in the earlier altercation. Andie and Dougie go to speak to them.
The investigation is interrupted when a bomb goes off at a local university. Professor Nicholas Holdaway has disappeared. Superintendent Alisitair McGhee joins the team from the Met. He is a terrorist expert. He and Jim have a history. They do not like one another.
Jim is not convinced that it is Welsh terrorists involved in the bombing. He thinks it’s a more personal reason involving Holdaway personally. When he is finally located, Holdaway tells him he was in Northern Ireland in 1972 during the Bloody Sunday march. He admits he accidentally shot an unarmed woman. He was only nineteen at the time.
Dave Roberts’ body was found in the woods. He was tortured while still alive and then shot. When the police go to the RAF base to look at his lodgings, they find some very interesting things. When they go to his girlfriend’s home, they find a boldly shirt hidden under the kitchen sink. They strongly suspect that it is Rhys Evans’ blood and that they have found the murderer of Rhys.
The reader knows the identity of the mastermind of the whole scheme long before he is revealed in the book. However, this story is gripping reading just getting to the conclusion. It is well written and plotted. The characters are for the most part well drawn. Jim has a basket full of emotions and regrets to deal with. It interferes with his job somewhat. Andi has a big secret and is stalling telling Jim. Dougie is just Dougie. He is an old style copper who doesn’t control himself very well. McGhee is an idiot and misogynistic. But they work as a team – for the most part. They are more or less able to put their petty resentments aside and carry on with their jobs.
A very good book and I can hardly wait to read the next in this series.
I decided it was time to go outside my reading box and pick up something a little different. I saw this brand new little Scottish gem with only 4 reviews critiqued on one of my favorite blogs, and it looked like a good candidate for my mission. The blurb mentions terrorists and bombs, subjects that do not attract me to a book. It is a police procedural though, my favorite type of read, so I decided to dive in and give it a go.
The story kicks off with a bang when a young man is brutally murdered in the streets by an assailant that he is seems to know and is very surprised to see. The scene shifts to the police where we are introduced to DCI Jim Carruthers and his team. I was immediately drawn to Jim and one of his colleagues DS Andie Fletcher. With those two mega-positives right off the bat, I figured I could maybe survive explosions and subversives. Surprisingly, I really became engrossed in this story, bombs and all. I even learned a lot about the history of Welsh nationalists and the IRA, which was really quite intriguing.
We have two story threads involving the initial murder of the young man and the blowing up of a car park at a local university. Are these events related? If so, how? These cases prove most difficult for the team, and it is quite a while before they can piece it all together while dealing with multiple theories, several distinctive persons of interest, and a whole ton of questions. The narrative is pacy, and we get all sorts of surprises along the way. The mood is sinister; there is ongoing intrigue and several good action scenes. I particularly liked the richness of the characterization, with the interpersonal relationships written with much more depth than is usually seen in novels of this type. The author also provides a really good flavor of the Scottish setting without overwhelming the reader with long descriptive passages. The ending was realistic and satisfying.
My overall impression is that this is a highly entertaining read. As a bonus, I am no longer totally adverse to explosions and international incendiaries in my fiction reads. I still however draw the line at vampires. I don’t want to fail to mention this book is the first in the DCI Jim Carruthers series; I definitely plan to seek out book 2 when it becomes available. I highly recommend Robbing the Dead to all fans of crime fiction and thrillers, whether you like reading about terrorists or not.
There was so much to like in this novel, interesting characters, good plot and fairly fast paced. So why only 3 stars? It was the ending. It left the main character in deep trouble and conflict. I know this is done to get the reader to by the next book. But it doesn't work that way for me. It just turns me off.
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