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| The Book Folks 2020 DI Jordan Carr #1 Thanks to the publisher for my copy of the book |
A nameless victim, an elusive killer, and a puzzling case for a detective in a new role
When a body washes up on Crosby Beach in Liverpool Bay, detectives quickly declare foul play. Yet they will struggle to establish the identity of the victim, let alone the killer.
Leading the inquiry on his first murder case, DI Jordan Carr must marshal a somewhat motley team to build a picture of what happened one grim day on the Mersey. Like footprints in the sand, in time the clues will disappear.
With a victim who has clearly concealed her own identity, it will require a journey into Liverpool’s underworld to shake loose the facts.
But once they have their man, the police still need to know why the woman was killed. And answering that question will be DI Carr’s biggest challenge.
📖 My Review..
A woman’s body washes up on Crosby beach, and with few clues to go on, DI Jordan Carr and his hastily put together team of detectives have a difficult job of tracing the last known whereabouts of this mysterious young woman. However, with perseverance, good detective work, a bit of luck here and there and all the pieces of this complicated murder investigation eventually start to come together and what a tangled web of deception unfolds.
With clever precision we follow the story and see everything through the eyes of those who are involved from the police, to the crime perpetrators, the story unfolds in fine detail so that we are able to follow the clues as they are laid out before us. The author writes well and keeps the momentum going so that the story never slows down and even though we know from the beginning whodunnit, we don’t know all the whys and wherefores, there are several clever twists along the way and an ending I really didn’t see coming.
I’ve thoroughly enjoyed being in Liverpool with this first book in the DI Jordan Carr series of crime novels which are set in and around Merseyside and up to now there are a further seven books in the series, the first four books are currently available in a box set.
About the Author
“After the Secondary Education System in sixties Liverpool spat me out I had a pretty eclectic career. I worked as a veterinary nurse with the RSPCA, and then had a go at nursing (people this time). I had a super job as a Personnel Officer at a military hospital in Riyadh which presented very unusual challenges. After over twenty years in the Middle East I ended up as a PA in Portsmouth. I’m a total Reacher creature, Terry Pratchett addict and lover of JD Robb”
Diane grew up in Bradford but has spent her life working all over the world. She has always been fascinated by the mechanics of the “inexplicable magic that translates small marks on paper (or screen of course) into something that can inform and entertain and educate” and for a period she taught adults who had problems with literacy. She describes opening their eyes to this as being one of the most rewarding things she’s ever done.
She has written books that span many genres often focusing on the underdogs and people on the margins of society. She is the author of the bestselling DI Tanya Miller series set in theMidlands and Oxfordshire. But regardless of the genre, her writing has an immediacy whichis both natural and accessible.
She is a member of the Crime Writers' Association.
THE DI JORDAN CARR CRIME MYSTERIES 1–4 BOX SET
BODY ON THE SHORE
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Thank you very much - DMD
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