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Beneath the Ashes
By Jane Isaac
Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
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A “carefully executed police procedural, that hits all the targets” from the bestselling author of Before It’s Too Late and The Lies Within (Angela Clarke, author of On My Life).
The floor felt hard beneath her face. Nancy opened her eyes. Blinked several times. A pain seared through her head. She could feel fluid. No. She was lying in fluid.
When a body is discovered in a burnt-out barn in the Warwickshire countryside, DI Will Jackman is called to investigate. Nancy Faraday wakes up on the kitchen floor. The house had been broken into and her boyfriend is missing. As the case unravels, DI Jackman realizes that nothing is quite as it appears and everyone, it seems, has a secret. Can he discover the truth behind the body in the fire, and track down the killer before Nancy becomes the next victim?
“I thought I’d never read a book that came close to the realities of crime and policing. Then I read this.”—Ian Patrick, author of Rubicon
“A smart, intelligent and tightly woven police procedural with real depth of human emotion at its heart.”—Rebecca Bradley, bestselling author of the DI Hannah Robbins series
“A sharp, gripping read which drew me in from the first page. With engaging characters and an impressive level of authenticity, this is a police procedural that you won’t be able to put down.”—Caroline Mitchell, author of Silent Victim
“If you like pacy convincing police procedurals this is one for you.”—Kate Ellis, author of the DI Wesley Peterson crime series
The floor felt hard beneath her face. Nancy opened her eyes. Blinked several times. A pain seared through her head. She could feel fluid. No. She was lying in fluid.
When a body is discovered in a burnt-out barn in the Warwickshire countryside, DI Will Jackman is called to investigate. Nancy Faraday wakes up on the kitchen floor. The house had been broken into and her boyfriend is missing. As the case unravels, DI Jackman realizes that nothing is quite as it appears and everyone, it seems, has a secret. Can he discover the truth behind the body in the fire, and track down the killer before Nancy becomes the next victim?
“I thought I’d never read a book that came close to the realities of crime and policing. Then I read this.”—Ian Patrick, author of Rubicon
“A smart, intelligent and tightly woven police procedural with real depth of human emotion at its heart.”—Rebecca Bradley, bestselling author of the DI Hannah Robbins series
“A sharp, gripping read which drew me in from the first page. With engaging characters and an impressive level of authenticity, this is a police procedural that you won’t be able to put down.”—Caroline Mitchell, author of Silent Victim
“If you like pacy convincing police procedurals this is one for you.”—Kate Ellis, author of the DI Wesley Peterson crime series
Author
Jane Isaac
Jane Isaac is married to a serving detective and they live in rural Northamptonshire, UK with their dogs, Bollo and Digity. In The Shadows is Jane’s twelfth novel and the fifth in the highly acclaimed DCI Helen Lavery series. Twitter and IG: @JaneIsaacAuthor
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Rating: 3.3125 out of 5 stars
3.5/5
8 ratings2 reviews
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Will Jackman is a police officer in England and is investigating the murder of a man in a barn fire. The plot dragged a bit because UK innuendo and speech pattern is not my thing but overall a nice read.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Inspector Will Jackman has a lot on is plate. His wife is still in a care facility with locked-in syndrome, he’s due to appear before the promotion board next week & his daughter is coming home from uni to visit….with “the boyfriend”. It’s really not a good time for a major case. When he’s called to the scene of a burned out barn, it initially looks like a simple case of arson. But the body found inside is an added complication. Eventually he’s identified as Evan Baker, the farm’s caretaker.A short distance away, Nancy Faraday comes to on the kitchen floor of the farm house. There’s blood on her face, glass on the floor & she can’t find her boyfriend Evan. And they’re off. As Will & his team begin to dig, they find more questions than answers. The investigation stretches out in several directions & motives are thick on the ground. Mistaken identity, secret relationships & old crimes are just some of the threads they’ll have to follow before they find their killer.In alternate chapters, we watch as Nancy comes to terms with her loss. She’s a fragile young woman whose crappy childhood left her searching for a proper home & family of her own. Her struggle to make sense of it all is stalled when she begins to receive threats from a mysterious man. This is a quick, easy read that is in the style of a traditional british mystery. It’s a very “clean” story (no sex, swearing, etc.) that needs its own label……gentle thriller? gritty cozy? The characters are well defined & it clips along at a steady pace that shows all the scut work most cops have to endure to solve a case. One thing that distracted from the story were frequent, long passages detailing Nancy’s childhood. Her mother is a recovering alcoholic & they have a tenuous relationship. This is established early on & peripheral to the main plot. Despite the book’s brevity, I thought these could have been cut in half & readers would still get it. Because of the style, the only real sense of urgency is reserved for the end & these long walks down memory lane just slowed the pace further without adding to what we already knew. This is for fans of a thoughtful, less flashy police procedural. Ms. Isaac has a smooth style of writing that makes for effortless reading & excels at characterization. It’s the second in a series & fans of book #1 will not be disappointed.
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