R.J. Mitchell – The Longest Shadow

‘The Longest Shadow’ by R.J. Mitchell is the third DS Thoroughgood book of the series and there is still no let-up in the action and it is just as fresh as the first book.

‘The Longest Shadow’ begins with Gus out for the day visiting the Wallace Monument which ends in him fighting for his life. Gus is never one for half measures, I can give him that!
His cases get no easier as the books go on either. The takeover of a family whisky distillery and then a death has Gus on his toes trying to find the suspect. He gains a link that seems real, to the Triads and their underworld. To top it off the discovery of a seventy-year-old diary gives him even more information to widen his search.

His love life seems to be on the up as well, the loss of Celine has had him stuck until now. We see him involved with the woman he helped to free from a kidnapper in ‘The Hurting’.
As the book progresses we see him with so much going on in his work life with the other cases that need dealing with. Robberies from butchers shops is one of them but as this case turns deadly Gus, again, has to turn into the hero and save someone else.

I don’t have the right words to encapsulate how much of an excellent read all three of these books are. Every story has action, red herrings and dead ends alongside characters that make you care what is happening to them. I personally think these need to be read in order so you can get into Thoroughgood’s world with his partner Kenny as well. In my last review I did say I had a new obsession and I still reiterate this, having just bought ‘The Blood Acre’ a story that goes right back to Gus’s Constable days and am keeping my fingers crossed R.J Mitchell will write another Thoroughgood book… and pretty soon as well.

Thanks to Damp Pebbles blog tours and @spitfiremedia and @MJPGroup for my copy of this book for my review today.