But when DS Frankie Oliver arrives at the crime scene, she gets more than she bargained for. When an young man is found stabbed to death in a side street in Newcastle city centre in the run up to Christmas, it looks like a botched robbery to DCI David Stone. I really enjoy how Mari Hannah writes stories that are well detailed in police procedure whilst still delivering a terrific, pacy tale which keeps you turning the pages and guessing until the very end. This is a tense storyline were we continue to get to know Frankie and David and become further invested in their characters and lives. The second Oliver and Stone book and it continues in the same excellent style drawing you in immediately and keeping you gripped throughout. The killer is targeting these women for a reason. And she isn’t the only one being driven by a personal vendetta. Until he finds out who, Stone can only trust his partner.īut Frankie is struggling with her own past. The case is tough by anyone’s standards, but Stone is convinced that there’s a leak in his team – someone is giving the killer a head start on the investigation. When the body of a young woman is found by a Northumberland railway line, it’s a baptism of fire for the Murder Investigation Team’s newest detective duo: DCI David Stone and DS Frankie Oliver. ‘It was the news they had all been dreading, confirmation of a fourth victim.’ Set in the North East Mari Hannah’s obvious knowledge – and love – of the area shines throughout and brings it to life further enhancing what is already a terrific book. The storyline is fascinating and will keep you gripped. They both have demons but it only drives them to be better at what they do and they are good. DI David Stone has taken a demotion to move back to his roots.
DS Frankie Oliver is 3rd generation police it’s in her DNA and it’s her life.
The characters are enjoyable and well drawn. The opening book of the Stone and Oliver Series and what a find! Mari Hannah has the gift of writing a police procedural, if you will, which is gripping and and excellently portrayed. Stone has returned to his roots with fifteen years’ experience in the Met, whereas Oliver is local, a third generation copper with a lot to prove, and a secret that’s holding her back.īut as the investigation unfolds, they realise the family’s betrayal goes deeper than anyone suspected. It’s the first case together for Northumbria CID officers David Stone and Frankie Oliver. It would kill her to learn that he was missing.’Īlex arrives home from holiday to find that her ten-year-old son Daniel has disappeared.
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