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One murder. Two bodies.
Synopsis:
Detective Fraser Brodie is at a chilling crime scene on the Isle of Harris. Local aristocrat Lord Edward Devlin has been brutally murdered, his skull bashed in. The violent and bloody scene is all the more shocking for the fact that the victim was eighty.
As forensics comb for evidence they uncover a second body – but this crime is not recent. Why are these remains on the Devlin Estate, and are the two deaths somehow connected?
With the help of his team, DI Fraser Brodie must race to find the killer and solve a crime that threatens to tear apart this small community. But with his brother out of prison for urgent hospital tests, will he be able to unearth the secrets and lies that have cast such a long shadow over this rugged and beautiful isle?
Review:
This the second instalment in the Brodie series, and Brodie appears to have a locked room mystery, where no one appears to have been able to be in the room to get to Lord Develin, yet they did. As his team and him start to struggle with no leads, he sees something out of place and alerts the CSI team. But as they are taking their evidenced, they realize there is a body underneath to windows to Lord Develin's study where he was killed. Is it related? Was Develin a murderer? With not enough suspects, suspects all hiding secrets, and now trying to figure out if the 2 deaths are related, they may have 2 murderers not one. Add in a health scare to his brother, trauma to one of his brother's victims and secrets between him and his team, and there are twists at every turn. But this is a fast read and a great sophomore entry to the series! Don't miss this new series, if you like police procedurals with a twist.
About the Author:
Kerry Watts was born and grew up in Perth where she still lives today. The daughter of a Rangers mad window cleaner and Daniel O'Donnell loving dinner lady. She began writing over twenty years ago after reading Isla Dewar's book Giving up on Ordinary and decided she wanted to do that. Becoming a best selling author is a dream come true.
Authors who inspire her are anyone capable of creating a character who lives inside her head long after she has closed the book. Her favourite fictional character's are Dexter Morgan, created by Jeff Lindsay as well as Hannibal Lechter created by Thomas Harris. She doesn't have a favourite genre as a reader. Kerry will read anything. Written by anyone. If the blurb has a good feel about it she's hooked.
When she's not writing she loves to spend time following her other passions - dogs, particularly rescue mutts and horse racing. The sight of a thoroughbred race horse at full stretch has been known to move her to tears, not just lump in the throat stuff but full on blubbing. And for that she is unashamed.
She also had a small role in a film called The Rocket Post but decided acting wasn't for her. She would rather create a character than play one.
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