Hauling herself from the bench, she moved unsteadily toward the perimeter fence…Īlmost immediately, a taxi pulled to the kerb – page 18,19ģ.
Jo Soulsby looked down at her feet, hoping the two young women hurrying from the northern exit of Exhibition Park hadn’t noticed her. The entrance to Exhibition Park Getting a taxi outside of the park as Jo Soulsby would have done To the left of it, the gateshead millennium bridge…page 12Ģ. On the south side of the river, the Sage music centre sat like a silver bubble gleaming in the moonlight. The iconic Newcastle Quayside where the murder of Alan Stephens takes place and the Exhibition park where we first meet Jo Soulsby in Chapter two: The Sage The Millennium Bridge So I decided to walk in Kate’s footsteps and see her investigate the crime through her eyes…ġ. You only get as much information as the police uncover, with the exception of passages from the killer’s point of view. Kate had an interesting backstory and personal story which enhanced the novel as it was so different to other ‘detective’ stories I’ve read. I was there sat beside Kate and feeling her frustration and vulnerability. I really felt as if I was central witness sitting in the same room in front of the Murder Wall – the wall where all information and photographs of the crime scene are displayed. It soon becomes apparent that there is a serial killer stalking victims in and around the North-East of England.
Now she is called upon to investigate the murder of Alan Stephens on the Quayside who she recognises but is reluctant to reveal for reasons that become clear later on. Two deaths at the beginning of the book happen in a church and a year later they remain unsolved much to the chagrin of Detective Chief Inspector Kate Daniels. It certainly makes you sit up and take notice! But it didn’t put me off – I just didn’t read much of it at night! I admit I was shocked at the opening chapter. It’s about the real people involved in an investigation and the hard and brutal challenges they face. It’s clever and more CSI than simply a book about murder. I admit that I haven’t read much crime fiction due to the often brutal content but I can tell you that this book (and the two further books in the series) has made me change my mind. Now granted, this may sound a bit strange for a crime novel but it is a great book so it was not a hard decision. Living in the North East made me really really want to read this novel especially so I could see and visit the places where it is set. The Murder Wall by Mari Hannah is a debut police procedural set in the North East of England.
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