"HALIFAX" Transgression Roger Simpson

Having been a fan of the television series, I was interested in reading this, the first novel about Halifax, written by the screen writer, Roger Simpson. Would it have the same intensity and depth of the series…

It’s certainly not disappointing .. though with incredibly cruel murders. Were they all from the same perpetrator? Why impale the art collector on one of his collections? Also how could one of the main suspects still have the love of a gentle woman? Have they got the wrong man?  

A pattern seems to be forming, but Jane Halifax can’t quite determine a link nor a reason. Is this psychopath trying to impress her or even Inspector Eric Ringer, with whom she has a history.

It’s so hard to accept that such evil exists. Is it payback? If so, why and to whom? 

Clues seem to evaporate  as soon as discovered. It’s one heck of a story, with so many twists and turns. Definitely a page turner...

I look forward to the next novel.

Thanks to Better Reading and the publisher for an advance copy to review.

* The You Tube interview with the author, Roger Simpson, was also quite interesting.

"GEMINI FALLS" Sean Wilson

 

GEMINI FALLS       Sean Wilson

If ever there was a novel that kept the reader wondering and interested in a time long gone, it has to be Gemini Falls..wonderfully crafted by Sean Wilson. He completely immerses you in the era of the 1930 Great Depression.

Morris, 13, a passionate would be astronomer and his older sister, Lottie, accompanied their detective father, Jude, to his home town..where he'd been sent to investigate a murder. With polio rampant in the city, he felt his children would be safer in the country.  They would also meet family for the first time.

A young girl's body was found in puzzling circumstances..Morris is led by his 'new' cousin, Flo, who proclaims that they and Sam, the Mayor's son, should do their own investigation. Town folk are convinced that the 'down and outers' in the nearby squalid camp are to blame. The three children are soon convinced that they have found the perpetrator, but that was to change a few times...with perhaps the most unlikely murderer finally being identified.

An intriguing story, not easily forgotten.

Thanks to Better Reading and Affirm Press for an Advance Reading Copy to review.