Book Review: Nowhere to Hide by Stephen Puleston

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 Inspector Ian Drake is back in Book 7!

A murdered mother... A failing police force...A detective looking for justice

Synopsis: 

When drug addict Dawn Piper is found dead in her own home, her neighbours are far from surprised. Dawn’s habit led her to mix with some dangerous people. But this quiet mother of one was small fry ...would anyone want Dawn dead?

Inspector Drake knows there is more to Dawn’s murder than a simple drug deal gone wrong. As he digs deeper, he discovers that Dawn hoped to clean up the streets of her community that are being overrun by drugs and the dangerous County Lines gangs that sell them. And it cost her her life. Have the police force failed the community they serve?

Drake is used to the murky world of organised crime groups. He knows the dirty games they play to evade arrest. But in his toughest case to date Drake is determined to make the guilty pay.

This time, they will have nowhere to hide”

Review: 

Can you really believe what a crime scene tells you? What if it has been staged to lead you astray? In this wonderful addition to the series, Drake must match wits with a killer that is more connected than he thinks, and a lot more cunning. A legitimate twisted web of lies leads Drake down different paths to find the truth. This is a page turner that will have you reading long into the night, reluctant to put the book down! This book can be a stand alone, as the author gives you the needed info for Drake's past, but it's a book that will make you want to read the previous 6 books in the series!

 About the Author:

I write mysteries and thrillers.I have 2 main detectives: the first, featuring Inspector Drake, is  based in North Wales and the other series features Inspector John Marco, based in Cardiff. Marco comes from an Italian/Welsh background and he lives in the capital city of Wales. 

Before turning to crime fiction I had written three other unpublished novels and you can read about my writing and about Wales, one of the most beautiful countries in the the world, on my website http://www.stephenpuleston.co.uk/

I was brought up on the Isle of Anglesey, off the North Wales coast and went to school in Holyhead. After a degree in Theology from London University I decided to train as a lawyer and returned to work in the practice run by my father on Anglesey. For many years I worked as a lawyer in a small practice representing clients in the criminal courts and doing divorce work all of which has given me valuable raw material for my novels.

I still live and work in North Wales where the Inspector Drake novels are set. You can contact me on twitter @stephenpuleston or Facebook: @inspector_marco