Simon Hall is the
BBC reporter who is often on Spotlight and he writes a very good story.
This is his sixth
book and I think they just keep getting better.
Each book features
Dan Groves (obviously based on Simon Hall himself) and his unusual and probably
extremely unlikely involvement with Detective Chief Inspector Adam Breen of the
Plymouth Police Force in helping to solve various crimes.
Dan works for
Wessex Tonight, a TV programme based on Spotlight, and all the stories are set
in the Plymouth area.
So once you can
get over this strange liaison, the stories are actually very good. This one
concerns a young little rich girl who is kidnapped while out on the streets
late at night helping the homeless by giving out bowls of soup. There are
several suspects and Dan is brought in to help with the investigation on the
understanding that he will get an exclusive for his nightly programme. His boss
at the TV centre, Lizzie, is a demanding witch, never satisfied with Dan’s
reports and always wanting more.
If Dan’s story is
‘not bad’ then that is praise indeed!
Dan lives on his
own with a large Alsatian dog called Rutherford and the love interest is
provided by his on/off girlfriend Claire, also a detective with the Plymouth
Police. The romance is off at the moment because she is suspicious of Dan’s
involvement with Katrina, a beautiful blond detective, a specialist
on kidnappings who has been seconded onto the team.
I cannot give too
many details of the story as that would spoil it for the readers, but just when
you think the case is solved, it is not, and the story carries on with many
more twists to the tale.
Good descriptions,
with good characters who you feel involved with. Thoroughly enjoyable and I
look forward to his next one.
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