Michael Fowler (3)

investigation, stalking, false-information, falsely accused, family, family-dynamics, England, psychopath, psychological, forensics, suspense, revenge-killings, law-enforcement, lies, secrets, thriller, grisly, grief, grieving*****

Three years ago, Hamlet woke up in ICU to find himself accused of murdering his parents, wife and unborn baby, then leaving suicide a note on his computer before slashing his wrists. He denied it all and there was no admissible proof, but he was convicted in the show more press and the court of public opinion as well as all of law enforcement. Now another incident occurs, and Hamlet can see a link with his own circumstances. He contacts DS Alix Rainbow and when she finally agrees to check out his claim of probable connection, things begin to happen. There are earlier deaths that echo what happened to him, then there are more murders, all connected to each other and to one very devious man. This is a very tightly woven tale with characters who engage with each other and with this reader. A nerve-wracking read.
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I'm going to have to quit this at 19% (after skimming for a while) - I just can't get into it. The prologue was gripping, but then after that it just wasn't. Pages and pages go by with no dialogue (mostly made up of potted histories of various characters' previous connections with one another) and then when you finally do get a bit of dialogue, it takes the form of very stilted conversations, such as never have occurred in real show more life. show less