Reviewed
by: BigAl
Genre:
Mystery/Suspense
Approximate
word count: 65-70,000
words
Availability
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Author:
Keith
Nixon is a busy man. Beyond the time demands of a day job and family,
Keith writes crime fiction and historical fiction. You'll also
recognize him as one of Books and Pals long-time, prolific reviewers.
He also reviews for Crime Fiction Lover.
If you
haven't yet, now would be a good time to click like on Keith'sFacebook page.
Description:
“Not
everything that gets buried stays buried... sometimes things have a
nasty habit of resurfacing…
When
the corpse of a security van driver implicated in an unsolved £1.2
million heist turns up in a shallow grave two years later it’s just
the beginning for Detective Inspector Charlotte Granger.
She
embarks on an investigation that takes her into dangerous territory –
a world of corrupt cops, unscrupulous private investigators, local
gangsters and an investigative journalist who'll stop at nothing to
get his story. Meanwhile events from Granger's own past are
threatening to come back and haunt her...
As
people are murdered to silence them and vital information vanishes
from files, can DI Granger get to the truth? And if she does, what
will that truth reveal? “
Appraisal:
Keith
Nixon has been a busy man with new books released in the last few
months in both his historical fiction and crime fiction series, and
now this one. It isn't clear whether The
Corpse Role is a one-off
or the first of a series featuring Detective Inspector Charlotte
“Charlie” Granger, but I'm pulling for the second. (There are
reasons why this could easily go either way. I won't discuss these
since they are spoiler-ish.)
The
Corpse Role has two main
time-lines, with the story switching back and forth between the two.
The present, where the body of Paul Wheeler is found and Charlie
begins her search for who murdered him and why, the second in the
past where the events leading up to and surrounding Wheeler's death
play out. Throughout the reader knows some things before Charlie
figures them out, but seeing how it all fits together isn't always
apparent, even when we think we know. Who is good –
make that not as bad as others –
is never clear, and keeps the reader guessing. I was also curious as
to the significance of the title or if there even was any meaning.
Part way through, I had a theory. It was wrong. Nixon held off on
that answer to that question until the last word. Literally.
FYI:
Some
adult language.
Uses
UK spelling conventions
Format/Typo
Issues:
No
significant issues.
Rating:
***** Five Stars
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