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Nighthawking by Russ Thomas: what was lost will always be found
A detectorist’s grisly find uncovered in Sheffield’s Botanical Gardens. A cold case detective searching for long-awaited answers. An inexperienced DC grappling with politics and possible corruption.
Who’d have thought those involved in the prosaic world of the night time detectorist, disquietingly named a Nighthawker, would be embroiled in greed, malfeasance, and murder.
In the tense and compelling Nighthawking, DS Adam Tyler investigates the murder of an unidentified young woman, wrestles with the mystery of his father’s suicide, and attempts to fathom the questionable agenda of his slippery superior.
Working with Adam Tyler is the assertive and ambitious, but unversed, DC Mina Rabbani, navigating the challenging personalities of the police hierarchy, seeking the truth whilst suspecting conspiracy.
Nighthawking cleverly intertwines the nocturnal activities of the treasure-hunters with the divergent efforts of the police team investigating the murder, and the complicated personal life of DS Adam Tyler. In doing so we meet a cast of police personalities and possible suspects cleverly placed and expertly described to arouse our empathy or antagonism and stimulate our whodunnit antennae.
Russ Thomas artfully leads us in satisfying perplexity through the zig-zag progress of the investigation, planting clues and hints through the course of events to the possible identity and motive of the murderer. Each one of the characters, from the odious Daley, to the menacing McKenna are defined and convincing, and from time to time we are permitted an illuminating glimpse into a character's internal life. Sheffield and its University almost become characters in themselves, as we're guided across the city to significant locations.
The suspense builds with a series of diverting twists culminating in a gruesome confrontation and unforeseen resolution.
If you like a tense and chilling murder mystery, inhabited by diverse and convincing characters then Russ Thomas’ Nighthawking is for you.
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