bent-copper, suspense, GSW, law-enforcement, drug-enforcement, drugs-issues, local-politics, small-town, gossip, crime-thriller, procedural, secrets, lies, friendship, frustration, relationship-issues, relationships, England, murder, murder-investigation*****

I'm working on catching up with the earlier books because I've come to appreciate the way DI Greene's mind works (not in any order, just what I can find at the moment).
The background spirals around the money her late unlamented almost ex-husband hid away and a side investigation (for her own curiosity) into her new superior. The murder cases spiral around the bludgeoning death of a local political candidate and a sting operation that result in the death of a drugs kingpin but leaves some uncomfortable questions. A riveting read!
Gemma Dawson is the voice actor who really brings even more credibility to the story. ( )

DI Hillary Greene is called to investigate the death of a local politcal candidate, but the case to catch the main drug dealer in the area intervenes with far ranging results.
An interesting mystery, characters that are developing through-out the series makes an enjoyable read. Easily read as a stand-alone novel.
Received an Advanced Reader Copy. ( )

This one was a disappointment; the murder case Hillary is involved in is uninteresting, the focus shifts away from it for large chunks of the novel, and its resolution underwhelming. More of the emphasis of the novel is on a raid and a corrupt senior officer, which was marginally more interesting, but ends abruptly and left me with lots of questions:

SPOILERS

how did Jerome know the significance of the Dick Francis novel? Previous instalments have harped on about how Hillary also knows the password - how did Jerome guess it? How did he even know which bank was involved? ( )

A good mystery I really enjoyed and recommend. Nice characters, good plot, well written.
I will go and and get the previous instalment in this series.
Highly recommended.
Many thanks to Netgalley and Joffe Books ( )