132,627
edits
Changes
From TheBookbag
Jump to navigationJump to searchno edit summary
[[Category:Crime|*]]
[[Category:New Reviews|Crime]] __NOTOC__<!-- Remove -->
{{newreview
|author=David Mark
|title=Original Skin
|rating=3.5
|genre=Crime
|summary=DS Aector McAvoy was rather hoping that he might be getting a reputation for his investigative skills but when we first meet him in ''Original Skin'' it's his ability with animals which is to the fore. If you want a runaway horse stopping then he's your man. He's distracted about something else too: whilst other detectives are working on a case which involves travellers and violent drug-related crime he's unable to get the case of Simon Appleyard out of his mind. Simon was deeply into the swinging scene and liked to live life to the full, so why did this slender young man with the peacock feathers tattooed on his back commit suicide one morning?
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0857389785</amazonuk>
}}
{{newreview
|author=Simon Beckett
|summary=It wasn't that Christine Brett was exactly nosy, but life hadn't treated her particularly kindly recently. Her marriage had ended in divorce and she'd lost her job. Here she was, middle-aged and back living with her mother. And checking that people were not breaking the law was a ''duty'' not a ''pleasure''. Admittedly some of her accusations had been wide of the mark, but she had been a witness when the robbers left the hypermarket and the face of the driver of the getaway car was familiar - if only she could place it. Unfortunately Christine had cried wolf too often and the local police weren't too inclined to give her much credence.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0719810728</amazonuk>
}}
