Land Rites (DI Henry Ford, #2)

Andy Maslen

A country manor. Two murders. Multiple suspects. Can DI Ford solve the case before his own dark past is exposed?After a dog walker discovers human remains in a badger sett in the idyllic Salisbury cou...ntryside, DI Ford is called in to lead the ensuing murder investigation. When a second victim turns up in a nearby pond, Ford is determined to find the connection.Both victims met their fate near the sprawling Alverchalke Estate, ancestral home of a decorated war hero and his family. One was a dogged eco-activist and vocal critic of Lord Baverstock. The other was a petty criminal and poacher, youngest brother of a notorious local crime family. Certain that there’s more to this case than trespassing, Ford and Dr Hannah Fellowes race to find the hidden link. But when one victim’s family threatens to expose Ford’s own dark secret, the ticking clock becomes a time bomb.Still consumed by guilt over his part in his wife’s tragic accident and struggling to raise the teenage son he lied to, Ford now finds himself losing control of the investigation. Can he work with Hannah to solve the case while privately fighting off the attempted blackmail? Or have his demons finally caught up with him?
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Sumár recenzie
Na anglickom vidieku pri Salisbury sú v jazvečej nore a v rybníku objavené dve vraždy, ktoré sú podľa inšpektora Forda prepojené a smerujú k rozľahlému panstvu Alverchalke, pričom vyšetrovanie komplikuje hrozba odhalenia jeho temnej minulosti. Recenzentka oceňuje autora za dobre vytvorený tím a zaujímavé, rozdielne postavy, predovšetkým Forda, ale kritizuje zdĺhavé a opakujúce sa pasáže a relatívnu predvídateľnosť páchateľa. Hoci stred knihy občas stagnuje, záver bol výborný a séria stále láka čítať ďalší diel.

A country manor. Two murders. Multiple suspects. Can DI Ford solve the case before his own dark past is exposed?

After a dog walker discovers human remains in a badger sett in the idyllic Salisbury countryside, DI Ford is called in to lead the ensuing murder investigation. When a second victim turns up in a nearby pond, Ford is determined to find the connection.

Both victims met their fate near the sprawling Alverchalke Estate, ancestral home of a decorated war hero and his family. One was a dogged eco-activist and vocal critic of Lord Baverstock. The other was a petty criminal and poacher, youngest brother of a notorious local crime family. Certain that there’s more to this case than trespassing, Ford and Dr Hannah Fellowes race to find the hidden link. But when one victim’s family threatens to expose Ford’s own dark secret, the ticking clock becomes a time bomb.

Still consumed by guilt over his part in his wife’s tragic accident and struggling to raise the teenage son he lied to, Ford now finds himself losing control of the investigation. Can he work with Hannah to solve the case while privately fighting off the attempted blackmail? Or have his demons finally caught up with him?