The Truth About Murder by Chris Collett

The Truth About Murder by Chris Collett

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Publication date was the 19th December 2019.

Publisher - Joffe Books 

Thanks to @netgalley and @joffebooks for an e-copy of the book. 

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Description

A MUGGING.A MISSING WOMAN. THEN A MURDER. Stefan Greaves wakes up from a coma. He was brutally mugged while investigating a complaint about a local hospital. 

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The woman who visited the law firm where Stefan worked had feared something very sinister was going on in the hospital’s postnatal ward. Now she has disappeared. 

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Rookie policeman, Mick Fraser interviews Stefan. Mick’s new partner Denny Sutton is a cynical man with secrets of his own. They try to track down the missing woman. Then a body is found on the riverbank. 

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HOW ARE THESE CRIMES LINKED AND WHAT’S REALLY GOING ON IN THE POLICE STATION?

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The theme of eugenics as a narrative concept through the premise of forced sterilisation and riding the population of its undesirables is not new. However, Chris Collett has delivered it in a modern way - a complex plot featuring victims, the police and investigative lawyers. I think that Stefan being born with so called ‘birth-defects’ emphasises the consequences of the actions of those trying to ‘better’ the area. 

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I loved both Stefan and Mick as characters and they interacted well with each other. Both want to help others and do the best job that they can. They came from the story at differing angles which eventually intertwined to a satisfying conclusion. They both come across as being strong characters and I would honestly like to find out more about them. This book is advertised as being a stand-alone but I could see a series being developed from this book.

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The action was fast paced, the plot was complex and chilling but for me the star of the show was Stefan himself. The author didn’t want us to judge Stefan for using drugs or prostitution as a means to cope with his disability, so we didn’t. You see his wavering self-confidence throughout the plot, his naivety regarding his assistant is sweet. It shouldn’t happen but people are self-conscious still about their disability and Chris showed how this can affect even the strongest of people.