Review: THE POLITICIAN, Tim Sullivan

•  This edition an e-book provided by my local library on Libby
  
  
• #4 in the DS Cross Mystery series 
• author website
  

Synopsis (publisher)

A smashed window. A ransacked room.
A dead body.
At first glance, it’s a burglary gone wrong.

First impressions of a crime scene are crucial… but they aren’t always correct. When DS George Cross – Bristol Crime Unit’s most eccentric and dogged detective – starts investigating the death of former mayor Peggy Frampton, he’s convinced that what looks like a bungled burglary is in fact a case of pre-meditated murder.

After her political career ended, Peggy became a controversial blogger whose forthright opinions attracted a battalion of online trolls. And then there’s her family: an unfaithful husband and a gambling-addicted son. With yet more enemies in her past, the list of suspects seems unending.

Now Cross must unpick this dark web of seedy connections to find her killer – but the sheer number of suspects is clouding his usually impeccable logic. He’s a relentlessly methodical detective, but no case can last forever: can Cross catch the killer before he runs out of time?

My Take

Mistakenly, I had convinced myself that I had read many more in this series. Now I have discovered that I have only read the first, then I intend to make up the leeway and I am pleased to see that there are another 6 to read.

The author has created an interesting bunch of characters, and there was a pleasing complexity of plot strands.

Highly recommended.

My rating: 4.6

I've also read

4.5, THE DENTIST- #1

Here is the list according to Fantastic Fiction

DS Cross Mystery
   1. The Dentist (2020)
   2. The Cyclist (2020)
   3. The Patient (2022)
   4. The Politician (2022)
   5. The Monk (2023)
   6. The Teacher (2023)
   7. The Bookseller (2025)
   8. The Tailor (2026)