Where The Truth Lies | 
I, for some weird reason, love books about serial killers. Just found this series, and it sounds gooooood!
pickA pick, with some reservations: dialogue is uninspiring at times; most chapters did not really end on a shocking note; and the clues pointed to the culprit a little too early on. Still very enjoyable - flows well, lead character is great, the coroner office makes for a nice change from the usual police quarters setting, and of course the Manchester backdrop can only be a huge plus - at least for me! :) Hunting down the next in the series...
pickDI Tom Ridpath is back at work after 9 month of treatment for Myeloma. He is seconded to the Coroner‘s office as a coroners assistant. He helps investigate a potential serial killer when bodies start being found. An inquest is reopened in to an old case but Alice‘s body is missing. Was James Dalbey, the Beast of Manchester innocent after all ? A great thriller with some fantastic writing #canelo #netgalley
pickReturning to work after illness, DI Ridpath finds he has been seconded to the Coroner‘s Office. Initially unhappy, Ridpath finds himself on the trail of a serial killer.
I thought this was a good start to a new series. The case was well written if a bit gruesome at times. I had narrowed it down to 2 people by halfway. Rating: 4 🌟
Thanks to NetGalley & publishers, Canelo, for the opportunity to review an ARC.
pick⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ This is a pick for me, with one or two qualifications. I enjoyed the book well enough that I can honestly call it “unputdownable”—always a plus for mystery novels—and I really liked the main character. Tom Ridpath is a coroner‘s detective sidelined by illness after being a major-incident detective for ten years. He‘s a character with depth, not at all one-dimensional. To be continued....
pickDI Tom Ridpath is back at work after 9 month of treatment for Myeloma. He is seconded to the Coroner‘s office as a coroners assistant. He helps investigate a potential serial killer when bodies start being found. An inquest is reopened in to an old case but Alice‘s body is missing. Was James Dalbey, the Beast of Manchester innocent after all ?
This is a gripping thriller, with gruesome details of torture and murder alongside a police procedural
“She smelt her fingertips and then touched them to her tongue. Metallic. Rusty. An aftertaste she couldn‘t describe, like someone‘s soul in liquid form.”.....loving this so far, gruesome but intriguing
“The ropes were taut and the dark, earth-stained wood of the coffin slowly rose into view. Ridpath expected a strong smell, perhaps of a rotting corpse, but there was nothing. Just the scent of the earth: a rich, black, fertile aroma.”......The writing in this is pretty good for a crime thriller....
“‘I always bites the heads off babies. Dunno why. The orange ones first, then green, red, pink and finally yellow. Always save the yellow for last, I do. Never eat the purple ones though.‘ Sergeant Mungovan put the head between his teeth and carefully bit down, avoiding the arms. ‘What about you?‘”......what a great first paragraph.....
