review by Brian Lowen on recorded show december 2011
The latest book in the series featuring Detective Chief Inspector Roy Grace from the Brighton Police Force.
We join Roy in the hunt for a serial rapist who has a fetish about women’s high-heeled shoes. Roy soon realises that this is the same rapist who was not caught during his previous crimes which he carried out in 1997 when Roy was happily married to Sandy who subsequently disappeared about 10 years ago.
The book has flashbacks to the investigation that was carried out in 1997 and we get an inkling into why Sandy might have suddenly up-sticks and left without any warning.
Each book in this series mentions Sandy’s strange disappearance but we are still no nearer to finding out the reason why she suddenly left. One reason to keep you buying the books!
It can be seen from the acknowledgements at the end of the book just how much research Peter James carries out for his stories to be accurate in his description how a modern police force works when investigating a major crime. The book goes into great detail about this but does not become boring. Instead it leads you along each investigative path with interest and tension, leading to an exciting climax in a disused cement works.
You soon work out who the rapist is from subtle clues, but this does not spoil the story as it turns out that there are two different rapists, but only one gets caught. Maybe he gets his comeuppance in the next book in the series, which I am eagerly awaiting.
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