Saturday, November 22, 2014

Five cop books that hit the target

At The Barnes & Noble Book Blog Ellen Wehle tagged five cop books that hit the target, including:
Darkness, Darkness, by John Harvey

“Better, as far as they’re all concerned, for Jenny’s body to have stayed where it was, underground.” In England in 1984 the coal miners went on strike, police went undercover to spy on them, and a woman named Jenny Hardwick disappeared. DI Charlie Resnick was on duty at the strike, so 30 years later, when builders discover Jenny’s skeleton under a demolished house, he expects to be called in. What he doesn’t expect is the reluctance of everyone involved—including Jenny’s family—to find her killer. What is it they fear? Fans of realistic, character-based mysteries will love this dip into British history.
Read about another book on the list.

--Marshal Zeringue