The Patient Killer
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My review -
This
is the fourth in the DCI Morton series. I’ve read the second and this and it’s
a real case of the stories standing well on their own. In this book, the body
of a woman turns up on her husband’s grave which she visited every day. She’d
had a lung removed. Other bodies are found later, each with some part of their
anatomy removed, though in some cases it’s blood. They have completely bled
out. Morton begins by suspecting the first victim’s twin sons but the story
gets complicated.
I
enjoyed this book very much. Morton and his crew are becoming real,
three-dimensional characters and there’s a great deal of humour and some
antipathy which makes the characters feel genuine. This is that rare thing in
fiction, a DCI who is married, who has a wife who tolerates him, annoys him,
and he has a home life. Not the usual off-the-peg maverick loner with a bunch
of dysfunctional relationships in his past. It’s rather refreshing! The plot
gave us some red herrings and a lot to think about. I felt it was satisfying in
all ways. A great read.
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