A Dark Redemption
(Detective Murder Mystery)
By Stav Sherez
ISBN #978-1609451172
Europa Editions
Price $17.00
345 Pages
Rating 5-Stars
“Gritty and Real.”
A young East African
student from the university is found murdered in a London apartment. She had been
raped and viciously mutilated, her dying words videotaped. Jack Carrigan,
Detective-inspector of the Criminal Investigation Division, is assigned the
case with an assistant, Detective-constable Geneva Miller. With their team of
investigators assembled, Carrigan and Miller trace the girl’s background and
studies as far as possible, though records are mysteriously blocked at the
university, and there appears to be interference from both the African embassy
and British Foreign Affairs. Who was the murdered girl, and why was she killed
in such a brutal manner?
There is a back story
concerning Jack Carrigan and two close friends who, twenty years previous had
graduated from college together, and decided to vacation in East Africa before
entering promising careers. Jack Carrigan was a musician on his way to the top
already with an album. But something happened during that trip to Uganda that
summer, and we get small hints throughout the story, but nothing concrete until
the very end. Jack never continued his music career, but became a criminal
investigator instead. Did that vacation have something to do with the murder of
this girl?
A novel as powerful as
this comes along rarely in the mystery field. The plot is gritty, real, and
with strong characters moving the story from beginning to end. There is deep
emotion driving the murderer, and the reader follows the investigators as they
uncover clues and suspects. The story doesn’t bog down with the backstory, as
we are only fed small bits occasionally, not all at once. A thrilling mystery you will not want to put
down.
Tom Johnson
Detective Mystery Stories
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