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If I Should Die (Joseph Stark Series)

by Matthew Frank

Series: Joseph Stark (1)

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When a homeless man walks into Greenwich police station and confesses to a killing, it should have been the admission that cracks open a murder enquiry. Instead, he stumbles out on to the street and collapses, bleeding from a stab wound he's attempted to repair himself . . . The newest member of the Met's murder investigation team, twenty-five year-old Afghan veteran Joseph Stark, doesn't believe the man's story. Yet it becomes clear that Stark and the down-and-out share a connection. And that this could provide the key to unlocking the case. Soon, the young detective and his colleagues are drawn deeper into a dark, disturbing world as dangerous as anything Stark has known on the front line. And where there's enough at stake for a man to risk everything . . .… (more)
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I very much enjoyed this, the debut novel by Matthew Frank.

The protagonist, Joseph Stark, is a war-torn veteran out of the Territorial Army, struggling with both physical and mental injuries while he begins his rehabilitation as a junior detective based at London's Greenwich police station.

Although the police-based part of the novel doesn't break new ground, Stark's character is so exquisitely drawn that you're compelled to keep reading.

There's a strong supporting cast of characters, too and I am looking forward to reading the next book in this series. ( )
  RachelAmphlett | Jul 23, 2018 |
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When a homeless man walks into Greenwich police station and confesses to a killing, it should have been the admission that cracks open a murder enquiry. Instead, he stumbles out on to the street and collapses, bleeding from a stab wound he's attempted to repair himself . . . The newest member of the Met's murder investigation team, twenty-five year-old Afghan veteran Joseph Stark, doesn't believe the man's story. Yet it becomes clear that Stark and the down-and-out share a connection. And that this could provide the key to unlocking the case. Soon, the young detective and his colleagues are drawn deeper into a dark, disturbing world as dangerous as anything Stark has known on the front line. And where there's enough at stake for a man to risk everything . . .

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