I really am so happy to say I have my review of Graham Bartletts new police procedural Bad For Good on the blog today. Many thanks to Allison and Busby for the copy of the book to write this review.
How far would you go?
The murder of a promising footballer and, crucially, the son of the Brighton’s Chief Superintendent, means Detective Superintendent Jo Howe has a complicated and sensitive case on her hands. The situation becomes yet more desperate following devastating blackmail threats.
Howe can trust no one as she tracks the brutal killer in a city balanced on a knife edge of vigilante action and a police force riven with corruption.
A book from Graham Bartlett is a happy day in my house! Bad for Good is a police procedural that I knew would be an excellent read. Graham Bartlett is a former police officer and is an advisor to Peter James, the crime writer. If nothing else piques your interest in this book, that fact alone should help make your mind up.
The start of a new series set in Brighton, that’s authentic, gritty and packed with intrigue. We are introduced to Detective Superintendant Jo Howe. She has a complex case on her hands. The son of the Chief Superintendant, Phil Cook, who just happens to be a rising star in the football world, has been murdered. This means its not just complex but intense with so much media interest. As she puts everything into this investigation she is unaware of what’s going on behind the scenes. I warmed to Jo with her methodical ways and her tough, sassy self. She intrigued me and I’m hoping we get to find out much more about her. She is a woman who I could imagine taking this case on.
The characters are all well drawn and I am waiting for the next book to see where it takes us…and Jo. His attention to detail is perfect and set the scenes for a view of today’s policing. Just the reality included in this book makes the story so real. The gangsters, the vigilantes, everything, including the violence is the sign of today’s world.
Such an intricately detailed police procedural, with a story that gripped me throughout. I am so looking forward to more from Graham Bartlett! A very highly recommended read.
Buy Link
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B09KBF8TNT/ref=cm_sw_r_apan_VPZ55YP62FJKYS4WAAXB
Author Bio
I am a best-selling author and crime and police procedural advisor to fiction and TV writers.
I was a police officer for thirty years and mainly policed the city of Brighton and Hove, rising to become a Chief Superintendent and its police commander. I started writing when I left the police in 2013 and, almost by accident, became a police procedural and crime advisor, helping scores of authors and TV writers (including Peter James, Mark Billingham, Elly Griffiths, Anthony Horowitz, Ruth Ware, Claire McGowan and Dorothy Koomson) achieve authenticity in their drama.
I run online crime writing workshops and courses with the Professional Writing Academy and deliver inputs to Masters programmes at the University of Cambridge and the University of East Anglia as well as at the Crime Writing Certificate programme at West Dean College.
I live in Sussex with my wife Julie and variously my 24yr old triplets!
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