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19 October 2024

Review: BURIED, Lynda La Plante

  • This edition made available as an e-book by my local library on Libby
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Zaffre (2 April 2020)
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 450 pages
  • Book 1 of 3: Detective Jack Warr

Synopsis (Amazon)

SOME THINGS SHOULD REMAIN BURIED . . .

The gripping first book in a brand new thriller series by the Queen of Crime Drama, Lynda La Plante.
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DC Jack Warr and his girlfriend Maggie have just moved to London to start a new life together. Though charming, Jack can't seem to find his place in the world - until he's drawn into an investigation that turns his life upside down.

In the aftermath of a fire at an isolated cottage, a badly charred body is discovered, along with the burnt remains of millions of stolen, untraceable bank notes.

Jack's search leads him deep into a murky criminal underworld - a world he finds himself surprisingly good at navigating. But as the line of the law becomes blurred, how far will Jack go to find the answers - and what will it cost him?

In BURIED, it's time to meet DC Jack Warr as he digs up the deadly secrets of the past . . .

My Take

Adopted when he was 5, Jack has never seemed to find something to give a spark to his life. His boss is pushing him to take his sergeant's exams, because he has potential but just hasn't demonstrated commitment. 

But now his adoptive father has cancer, and Jack feels the need to locate or at least identify his birth father. and then he discovers links to a cold case he is exploring.

A police procedural that tags the close line between the law and the criminals.  Jack is torn.

My rating: 4.6

I've also read

4.5 ROYAL FLUSH aka ROYAL HEIST
4.5, DEADLY INTENT
4.5, TWISTED
4.6, HIDDEN KILLERS

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