Series ~ Sgt Major Crane, #1
Author ~ Wendy Cartmell
Publisher ~ Wendy Cartmell
Published ~ 9 October 2011
Genre ~ Mystery/Suspense/Military
My Rating ~ 4 bites out of 5
Sergeant
Major Tom Crane is in the British Army working as a detective in the Special
Investigations Branch and stationed, for the moment, at Aldershot Garrison.
When he has to investigate a case of a soldier murdering his wife and small son
then committing suicide with the same knife he doesn’t think it’s a clear-cut
open-and-shut case. Something doesn’t seem right, but with his Commanding
Officer telling him to wind it up he does so reluctantly. Until six weeks later
when another very similar case turns up on another Garrison. Crane goes to
investigate and as the pieces slowly start to fall into place and yet another
murder-suicide occurs he races to find the reason before more people die.
I
think this is the first time I’ve ever read a story in 3rd person
present tense. It was strange and a bit awkward at first, but as the story
pulled me in it became easier to read. The plot moved at a good clip and I
liked the characters. The mystery remained a mystery until the end. I look
forward to riding along in future stories as Sgt Major Crane solves more
crimes.
*Book
source ~ Many thanks to the author for providing me with a review copy. Please
see disclaimer page.
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