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A murdered child. A case from the past. A detective inspector with nothing to lose…
DI Paul Riddick is a man tormented by his own actions and determined to right the wrongs of his past any way he can. But when his instincts lead him to follow a child he believes to be in danger, Riddick
gets in deeper than he ever imagined…especially when the child is found dead.
DCI Emma Gardner doesn’t believe Riddick has blood on his hands, but he’s off the case until she can clear his name. If she can clear his name. Because Riddick seems determined to chase ghosts that only get him into more trouble.
Riddick’s certain he didn’t kill the kid in the cave. But he also remembers another case, twenty years ago, with shocking similarities…which means someone is trying to trap Riddick.
Can Riddick uncover the truth, or will this be the case that finally destroys him once and for all?
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Wes Markin is the bestselling author of the DCI Yorke crime novels, set in Salisbury. His new series for Boldwood stars the pragmatic detective DCI Emma Gardner who will be tackling the criminals of North Yorkshire. Wes lives in Harrogate and the first book in the series The Yorkshire Murders was published in November 2022.
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My thoughts: so to North Yorkshire, where my Grandad was from. But a different side to God’s own county than the one he told me about, and he would have loved this series. There’s a child’s body found next to Mother Shipton’s cave, petrifying under the unusual mineral water, and a young PC Riddick is first on the scene.
Years later, he’s convinced they arrested the wrong man for that crime, and while suspended after being found unconscious by another dead boy, he decides to re-open that first case and find the real killer. Perhaps he can make amends for his own sins in doing so.
Meanwhile his boss DCI Emma Gardner is looking into the dead body he was found next to – was it murder or suicide? The teenager had lots of secrets, and so do several others around him. As the cases unfold, there are links and a local criminal comes to their attention after a second boy goes missing.
Emma’s also dealing with her personal life, as husband Barry’s girlfriend shows up. All she wants is to keep custody of her daughter and niece, Barry’s free to go.
If she can this case closed, sort out Riddick, who’s spiralling, and get home in time to put the girls to bed, she might get what she wants.
The case she’s on gets very dark and sad, there’s a lot of pain in the lives of the teenage boys she’s looking into. And they don’t talk about it, preferring fantasy worlds in comics and toys to the things they’re dealing with. Getting through to them is tough. But she needs the friends of her victims to open up and help her find the killer/s. Luckily she’s good with people and even though he’s been stood down Riddick has her back. Another excellent book from Wes Markin.
*I was kindly gifted a copy of this book in exchange for taking part in the blog tour but all opinions remain my own.
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