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The Abduction

John Reid author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Pegasus Elliot Mackenzie Publishers

Published:27th Oct '22

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A soldier retires from the army and is recruited into a mysterious government unit and a young woman is abducted and murdered. These completely separate events become central to DCI Steve Burt´s latest and most devastating case. DCI Steve Burt, whose Special Resolutions Unit is under threat of closure by his new boss, is reluctantly given the abduction case which soon becomes a murder investigation. The abducted girl is the daughter of a high court judge, who is told his daughter will be returned if he finds the defendant in his current trial not guilty, but Steve thinks the man on trial isn’t important enough to have a judge’s daughter kidnapped. Something isn’t right, but what? The young woman’s death takes the DCI on a journey involving murder and corruption and the team begin to unearth apparently unrelated events that when put together draw them back to a previous investigation. Meanwhile one of Steve´s officers feels there is a different side to the investigation and decides to follow her own course of action without supervision with disastrous consequences.

I absolutely love the DCI Steve Burt Mysteries and this latest one had me hooked. John Reid manages to create a novel that plays out like it's a Hollywood movie. His attention to details and his abilities to create crime thrillers is perfection. The abduction had a series of crimes all interlinked with each other, I was on the edge of my seat reading this novel, I didn't know which direction it was going in and I was not expecting the outcome. I loved how the Steve Burt Mysteries can be read as standalones but this one connects them. I must admit this series is my favourite crime series and I usually leave the books with a satisfying ending, however this one had me in utter shock. Highly recommend. Marcia

ISBN: 9781800164642

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332 pages