On location with DI Andy Horton in A Killing Coast
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A DI Andy Horton Mystery |
Horton's investigations into his mother's disappearance and the arrival
of a former girl friend complicate a complex murder investigation for
the troubled detective, DI Andy Horton in A
Killing Coast, number seven in the DI Andy Horton series of police
procedural mysteries.
A KILLING COAST opens with Horton at Lee-on-the-Solent on the
south coast of England where he is visiting the former copper, PC Adrian
Stanley, who was detailed to cursorily investigate Andy's mother,
Jennifer's, disappearance thirty years ago. Can Stanley tell Horton more
about what happened to Jennifer on that foggy November day when she
left their council flat in a tower block in inner city Portsmouth and
abandoned her ten year old son to the mercies of social services, and a
succession of children's' homes and foster parents?
Then a body is found floating in the sea off Portsmouth harbour. Horton initially judges it to be an accidental
death. Soon though, to his dismay, he discovers he’s got it very wrong.
Accused of being incompetent by his boss, and with the head of the Major
Crime Team coming down heavily on him, Horton wonders if he’s allowed
his ongoing investigation into the disappearance of his mother over
thirty years ago to cloud his judgement. With no clear motive for the
murder, Horton is sucked into a baffling investigation that he is
determined to resolve despite the odds. Not only does he need to find a
brutal killer, but Horton now has to prove to himself, and others, that
he is still up to the job.
'Multilayered, twisted, and complex...a surprising conclusion and a
satisfying read.' Booklist
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