| Title | : | The Missing Killer |
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| Rating | : | |
| ISBN | : | - |
| Language | : | English |
| Format Type | : | Kindle Edition |
| Number of Pages | : | 204 |
| Publication | : | First published September 1, 2006 |
A masked man, dressed all in black, bursts into the club to confront a young couple. He says, “Your time is up. That girl is mine.” Then he kills one of them.
Witnesses cannot agree on the straightforward matter of identifying the killer. Detective Angel’s investigation appears doomed.
Angel is faced with multiple dead ends, station politics and a terrifying local crime family who will stop at nothing to protect their own.
DI ANGEL’S MOST INTRIGUING CASE YET.
With the appointment of the new, ambitious and aggressive Superintendent Strawbridge, Angel is deeply troubled and has only his instinct to rely on.
Witness intimidation leads to another body washing up in the river.
Risking his own life and withholding lines of enquiry from his cagey superior, everything is at stake for the Inspector as he seeks justice.
Gangsters with scores to settle, crooked police and mentally unstable young men preying on glamorous women in the town.
Can Angel work it all out in time and walk away unscathed?
Perfect for fans of R.D. Wingfield, Colin Dexter, Peter Robinson, Reginald Hill, and Agatha Christie.
THE DETECTIVE
Michael Angel is over fifty, married to Mary. They don’t have any children. They are a devoted couple but the relationship sometimes breaks down due to his job or due to the problems of Mary’s sister who lives in Edinburgh and imposes on their easygoing natures. Michael works at the small local police station and is devoted to defeating crime, murder, and dishonesty of any sort and has no personal ambition beyond being a good husband and a successful detective. He doesn’t want promotion with all the routine office work and stress that goes with it. He is incorruptible but always short of money. He is always at odds with his immediate chief, Detective Superintendent Horace Harker, who is lazy, a hypochondriac and not a bit interested in assisting Angel in serious police work.
THE SETTING
Bromersley is a market town at the bottom of the Pennines surrounded by stone and hawthorn-edged fields grazed by cattle and sheep. It is cold as anywhere in the winter but its closeness to the mountains protects it from many gales and heavy falls of snow. The town’s industry today includes the manufacture of ball bearings and whisky bottles, and a huge brewery produces Bromersley’s best bitter, which is considered the finest beer for miles around. Wednesday is market day, and the town centre is host to the frequent cries of stall-holders hawking their wares while the enticing smells of cheeses, coffees, foreign spices and fish and chips tempt your taste buds as you wander through the stalls. The police always find it difficult to catch pilferers and pickpockets in such a crowd. Bromersley folk are easy to befriend but many of the old people are stubborn and still buy their fruit and veg in pounds and ounces, not kilos and grams.
The Missing Killer Reviews
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For Those who like their murders with a Twist
Another good one from Mr. Silverwood. I’m starting to appreciate some of the minor characters as they add a lot of interest to the story. I’d like to know how mr. Angel got to meet that eccentric old lady, Mrs. Buller-Price I think with her collection of dogs and aristocratic history. I’m starting to learn some of the Northern English slang but still encounter one now and then that I don’t know and is maddeningly not in the (mostly helpful) glossary. What’s a punter? Someone bad? Anyway, this plot has multiple crimes happening at the same time and it’s a real puzzle how the two encounters (one fatal, the other not) are related. At the same time the police are trying to prosecute a Mafia family who have been on trial many times and the key witnesses turn up dead. The suspense keeps on to the satisfying end. A good read. -
A most enjoyable series!
D.I. Angel does it again and the ending was totally unexpected. I appreciate that while I have opted to read them in order, each book can easily stand alone although the character relationships do change sequentially. And, unlike some other authors, Mr. Silverwood does not leave the reader hanging forcing one to purchase another book to find out who done it! A really good mystery! -
Superintendent Horace Harker is transferred and DI Angels hope for a better superintendent, one with whom he can actually be friendly. But for him it is from frying pan and straight into fire. Superintendent Strawbridge wants Angels to magically make it possible to get the most notorious family of criminals behind the bar but isn't willing to listen to any of his suggestions.
Of course, along with dealing with his super, he has to deal with a double homicide without any clue and a car that magically appeared from nowhere in the midst of nowhere. And when everything seems to be going down the drain, his new super decides to go AWOL and is replaced by his old one.
The best part of the story isn't how DI angels solves all three crimes and gets the whole family of criminals behind bars. The best part is the office debacles, the ones we all know. We are continually suggesting our superior that something might not be in the best of interest but they due to their position are continually disregarding our suggestions and then, when the ball rolls out of hand, they are shouting their heart out on us as to why we couldn't prevent 'that' from happening.
If we dare point out that all this happened because they failed to heed to our suggestions, we all know what happens. And that's where Silverhood makes Angels real. It could be you and me there, doing a great job looking for a pat from the superior and instead being shouted at. You do the job, you get the criminal, you solve the crime and your superior takes the credit - we have all been there, done that, in some way or the other.
For a man who breathes and lives for solving crimes and putting criminals behind bars, and has made it his job, DI Angels is an awfully close-to-the-heart kind of a character. -
Great Book
Another great Inspector Angel book. I love the characters and the setting. This is a genuine, old fashioned mystery. You won’t figure it out immediately, which is what you want. I can’t wait to read more in this series. -
Not so easy
I like Inspector Angel and company. The mystery in this book was a real piece of work.
While these are not cozy mysteries, they are interesting to read -
Crisp to the point and a loveable character in Angel a little whimsical though.
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The Yorkshire Murder Mysteries series continues to roll along
It starts off with several quick scenes. One evolves into the primary plot of who kills Richard and it was easy in part to know what was happening. But there was still enough unanswered questions that kept the story interesting including who was the actual killer.
The sub plots were okay, but nothing to add a lot of energy to the book overall. -
(3.25 stars) Silverwood undeniably writes with zest and verve, and his novels zip right along. The character development wasn't quite as strong as I'd like, and some aspects of the plot didn't make a great deal of sense, but I read this in a day and definitely enjoyed it.
