I have been meaning to read some of Jim Kelly’s crime novels for a long time and I’m glad I finally got around to reading one as this is excellent. The background is North Norfolk around Kings Lynn and this at times desolate area of the country adds an atmospheric background to this well plotted crime novel featuring Peter Shaw and George Valentine.
A body is found on the coast, there is a spate of second home burglaries which may or may not have a political aspect and there is a supply of illegal drugs which has been mixed with another even more harmful drug which is causing serious injuries and death. Are these crimes related and what about the vandal who keeps shooting stained glass angels? Shaw is battling a Chief Constable who just wants to lie low until he retires with a knighthood and Valentine misses his dead wife.
With excursions into glass making and stained glass and some interesting information about lightening striking sand this is a well written crime novel set in an area I have visited on several occasions so it had added interest for me. The book is part of a series and I think I possibly missed out by not having read the previous novels in this series though it is possible to read it as a standalone story. I shall now be going back and reading this author’s other novels. I received a free copy of this book from NetGalley for review purposes.
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