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A review by jmatkinson1
Follow the Leader by Mel Sherratt
4.0
A man is found murdered on a canal footpath with no seeming motive and the only clue being a magnetic letter found on his body. Days later a woman is stabbed in her home, again a letter is found at the scene, again seemingly motiveless. However there is a connection between the two, they were part of a gang of 'popular kids' at school. As the bodies mount up DS Allie Shenton and her team are facing a race against time to find the murderer before he strikes again.
It was nice to read a simple police procedural for a change and this is a very simple police procedural at its heart. The setting in the Black Country is threaded throughout, the plot is relatively tight and there is enough backstory to all the characters to mean that it can be read as a standalone> It's not the most complex read in the world but it is entertaining and a good example of its genre.
It was nice to read a simple police procedural for a change and this is a very simple police procedural at its heart. The setting in the Black Country is threaded throughout, the plot is relatively tight and there is enough backstory to all the characters to mean that it can be read as a standalone> It's not the most complex read in the world but it is entertaining and a good example of its genre.