Although he appreciates Tyler’s outstanding record when it comes to solving cold cases, he keeps Tyler on his toes with his snarkiness and sarcasm. He’s smart and very intuitive and even though he’s not the lead on the case you know damn well he’s going to be the one to solve it. There are plenty of triggers including rape, pedophilia, physical and spousal abuse so be careful if you about to read this.

Added to this is Lily’s confusion over the events of the past, apparently a result of her being an Alzheimer’s patient, though through the occasional lucid flash of memory the reader is given a little more of the story to work with.

His attractiveness comes up more than once, as if this has any bearing on his competence as a detective. Several more interesting characters here: DCI Jordan - - Adam's godmother who is protecting him on the job, DI Jim Doggett - - the veteran homicide detective who strangely seems to want Adam's help, and Constable Amina Rabbani, young Muslim officer who desperately wants to make it to a homicide job. Although the real estate agent doesn't tell him, he knows the place is hard to sell because a woman was eviscerated in the bedroom. A police procedural introducing Detective Sergeant Adam Tyler, a cold case reviewer who lands a high-profile murder investigation, only to find the main suspect is his recent one-night stand .

We couldn't put it down' ATTITUDE 'Totally absorbed me' CASS GREEN 'Intelligent, pacy and compelling' SARAH WARD 'A fantastic read with a plot that left me guessing and a cast of very real and well imagined characters' JAMES DELARGY 'A cracking read with a terrific new detective lead.A body is found bricked up in the cellar of a derelict house and the evidence seems to link the macabre find to a missing persons case from years before. Lots of shady and oddly sinister villagers make up an intriguing bunch of suspects and the plot is clever, sharp and dramatic. Russ came through the same route as myself for writing with very familiar names cropping up in the acknowledgements.