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Introducing criminologist Will Traynor,
in the first of a gripping new forensic mystery series from an expert in the field.
Synopsis:
When a headless body is discovered on a popular jogging trail, Detective Inspector Bernard Watts and his team are plunged headlong into a baffling murder investigation. Why would someone stab to death a young woman on her daily run - and take her head?
When a close examination of the crime scene results in a shocking discovery linking the present murder to a past crime, criminologist Will Traynor is brought in to assist the police. Aware of Traynor's troubled past and already having to deal with inexperienced rookie PC Chloe Judd on his team, Watts is sceptical that Traynor will bring anything useful to the investigation.
He's about to be proved very wrong ...
Review:
This is an interesting start to this new series. the mystery itsef was solid, the characters 50/50. Traynor is interesting, but Judd is annoying for most of the book-a typical too young to be an officer withut knowing much of life, issue- and Watts goes back and forth from very likeable to blah. If you're looking for potential, this series might be it, based on Cross' other books.
About the Author
A.J. Cross, like her heroine Kate Hanson, is a Forensic Psychologist with over twenty years' experience in the field. She lives in Birmingham with her jazz-musician husband and is the author of two previous Dr Kate Hanson Cold Case mysteries.
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