Blog Tour: The Misper – Kate London

There’s more than one way to go missing…

When Ryan Kennedy is imprisoned after killing a police officer, he knows what he has to do. Keep his mouth shut about who he was working for, keep his head down, and rely on his youth to keep his sentence short. When he gets out, he’ll be looked after.

Following the death in the line of duty of a fellow detective, DI Sarah Collins has left the capital for a quieter life in the countryside. But when a missing teenager turns up on her patch, she finds herself drawn into a much bigger investigation – one that leads her right back to London, back to the Met, and back to Ryan Kennedy, the kid who killed a cop.

This powerful novel from a former Met detective explores the devastation that organized drug-running gangs can wreak on young lives. It asks who deserves to be saved – and whether saving them is even possible…

Kate London graduated from Cambridge University and worked in theatre until 2006 when she joined the Metropolitan Police Service. She finished her career working as part of a Major Investigation Team on the Metropolitan Police Service’s Homicide Command. She has since written four novels in The Tower series, which is now a major ITV drama, starring Gemma Whelan. She is on Twitter @K8London.

My thoughts: after a police officer is killed by a teenager, the officers most affected by the killing are scattered across the Met and beyond – trying to move on.

But a chance to take down a county lines drug gang, and the killer, now free from prison, who may or may not be involved. As a mother desperately seeks her missing son, dragged into a life of crime and fear, the police see a way into the gang to bring them down and save lives.

A gripping and compelling book from a former detective, tackling one of the big issues facing law enforcement today – county lines and the young people whose lives are destroyed by the web of crime and violence they’re drawn into.

The writing is concise and intelligent, the characters flawed and realistic, the story compelling and moving. A highly enjoyable and interesting read.

*I was kindly gifted a copy of this book in exchange for taking part in the blog tour but all opinions remain my own