Book Four in the DI Ridpath series by MJ Lee out 23rd March from Canelo Press
Author Lee, is quickly becoming one of the most prolific crime writers these shores have seen in recent years in partnership with Canelo Press.
Featuring a different sort of hero in the form of DI Thomas Ridpath, Lee has created a new kind of everyman, a hero without a cape.
Ridpath, following his remission from cancer was placed in the Coroner's office to still have him active but not fully a police officer. This new role allows him to investigate without fully being a copper, but you cannot teach an old dog new tricks with Ridpath's smell for justice never leaving him.
This book revolves around the supposed suicide of a Chinese woman who is awaiting deportation. One Saturday night she is found with her throat cut in her cell, which was unlocked. Ridpath suspects something is not quite right with the situation at the Deportation Centre; from the low staffing levels, CCTV cameras not working correctly and more evidence appearing in a second post-mortem, Ridpath feels the young woman deserves justice.
While exposition is sometimes repeated, you cannot fault the break neck pacing of the plot and RIP roaring finale would put Line of Duty to shame.
Lee continues to entertain and excite leaving this reader highly anticipated for Book 5 with Ridpath again at a crossroads career wise, whereas with Lee it is full steam ahead.
Where The Innocent Die is out from Canelo Press on 23rd March in all formats
Ridpath, following his remission from cancer was placed in the Coroner's office to still have him active but not fully a police officer. This new role allows him to investigate without fully being a copper, but you cannot teach an old dog new tricks with Ridpath's smell for justice never leaving him.
This book revolves around the supposed suicide of a Chinese woman who is awaiting deportation. One Saturday night she is found with her throat cut in her cell, which was unlocked. Ridpath suspects something is not quite right with the situation at the Deportation Centre; from the low staffing levels, CCTV cameras not working correctly and more evidence appearing in a second post-mortem, Ridpath feels the young woman deserves justice.
While exposition is sometimes repeated, you cannot fault the break neck pacing of the plot and RIP roaring finale would put Line of Duty to shame.
Lee continues to entertain and excite leaving this reader highly anticipated for Book 5 with Ridpath again at a crossroads career wise, whereas with Lee it is full steam ahead.
Where The Innocent Die is out from Canelo Press on 23rd March in all formats
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