The D I Ridpath books are an excellent series
Book blurb
A death in custody. A life in jeopardy.
When Ben Holdsworth dies alone in a police cell, riots erupt in Manchester. But after a post mortem, the authorities have decided nobody was to blame.
DI Ridpath is asked to investigate by the coroner before an inquest, and immediately uncovers some discrepancies in the witness statements.
Why was the CCTV not working that night? Where was the custody sergeant, and did he know the victim? Wherever he turns there are lies and gaps. It’s a dangerous game and the net is closing… On Ridpath himself.
There is only one way out: uncover what really happened in the prison cells on that dark Manchester night.
My thoughts
Set in Manchester with great characters especially D I Ridpath, the main character who is a police officer that has been placed in the Coroner’s office. The coroner is another wonderful character as are the two police officers who he is often working with on investigations that have been required to be made by the coroner’s office. As you read more of these books you really come to know the characters and how they interact. The stories are always interesting, intricate and because they come from a different perspective fascinating. This is a series every crime fiction reader should check out.
Another wonderful book in this excellent series.
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Book blurb
To love and to cherish, till death did them part…
Two desiccated bodies are found in each other’s arms in the bricked up room of a derelict Victorian warehouse. After six months of work, the police have nothing and Ridpath is finally called in to investigate. Dubbed the Romeo and Juliet murders by the press, so many questions remain unanswered.
Who are they? Why were they there? Who killed them? And why was the coroner so keen for him to work on this particular case?
Ridpath is plunged into his most difficult investigation yet, in a race against time to discover the truth. Has an unknown serial killer been operating in Manchester for the last twenty years?
My thoughts
Another wonderful instalment in this terrific series based in Manchester with great characters and storylines.
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Book blurb
They are waiting for death. He is waiting to kill them.
In May 2020, fourteen-year-old Andrew Golding went out for a walk following a row with his mum. He was never seen again.
Four years later, when the press discovers police errors in Andrew Golding’s case, DI Ridpath is called in to investigate.
As Ridpath delves into the case, he slowly discovers something much bigger and far more brutal than he ever expected – a murderer from the past who threatens his career and the lives of those close to him. Can he unravel the secrets before the killer strikes again?
My thoughts
This is the 10th book in this wonderful series and, as ever, M J Lee brings us a terrific story with a cast of great characters.
This is a fantastic story, terrific series and all crime fiction lovers should be picking up these books for a real treat.
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Read: My thoughts on Books 1-3 | Book 4 | Book 5 | Book 6 | Book 7
Information
Published: Canelo | various dates – see each individual book
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Author
M J Lee has worked as a university researcher in history, a social worker with Vietnamese refugees, and as the creative director of an advertising agency. He has spent 25 years of his life working outside the north of England, in London, Hong Kong, Taipei, Singapore, Bangkok and Shanghai.
While working in Shanghai, he loved walking through the old quarters of that amazing city, developing the idea behind a series of crime novels featuring Inspector Pyotr Danilov, set in the 1920s.
When he’s not writing, he splits his time between the UK and Asia, taking pleasure in playing with his daughter, practising downhill ironing, single-handedly solving the problem of the French wine lake, and wishing he were George Clooney.
M J Lee website | @WriterMJLee
Books
M J Lee has written two other series Inspector Danilov Crime Thrillers and Jayne Sinclair Genealogical Mysteries and has a new series – the Chester series / DI Emma Christie Crime Thriller.
Where the Truth Lies | Where the Dead Fall | Where the Silence Calls | Where the Innocent Die | When the Past Kills | When the Evil Waits | When the Guilty Cry | When the Night Ends | What the Shadows Hide | What The Dead Want
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