- this edition available as an e-book on Kindle (Amazon)
- #6 in the DI Skelgill series
- ASIN : B0181DH4BK
- Publisher : Lucius; 1st edition (2 January 2016)
- Print length : 240 pages
SUMMONED TO AN ISOLATED maximum-security hospital, DI Skelgill inadvertently catches the eye of a notorious female serial killer. Does she read his censorious thoughts? Is this the trigger that turns a routine investigation into a rollercoaster of murder, mayhem, escapes and hostage taking? And what of the establishment? Are these crises purely coincidental, or is some conspiracy afoot? Could it be blackmail, corruption, a power struggle ... or something altogether more sinister?
In this, the sixth stand-alone Inspector Skelgill mystery, search teams comb the moorland for clues, while the maverick Cumbrian detective finds his mental sinews stretched to their very limit.
My Take
Another outing with Detective Inspector Daniel Skelgill, and another where you learn just a little more about him.
Skelgill agrees to give a prize at the police charity auction of a weekend's fishing which will involve the hooking of a thirty pound pike. The winner is a psychologist at the maximum security prison where he is investigating the theft of some stores. His investigation has already brought him into contact with a convicted serial killer, a former nurse convicted of poisoning a number of patients. And then he discovers some of the others in responsible positions at the facility are not quite squeaky clean either.
I'm enjoying the varied plots in these not-quite-cozies.
My rating: 4.5
I've already read
- 4.4, MURDER IN ADLAND- Skelgill #1
- 4.5, MURDER IN SCHOOL - Skelgill #2
- 4.5, MURDER ON THE EDGE - Skelgill #3
- 4.5, MURDER ON THE LAKE - Skelgill #4
- 4.4, MURDER BY MAGIC - Skelgill #5
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