Barry Voss might be frightened by
death, but it’s murder when he’s at his best.
The woman with her face blown off
is his ex-wife. He knows once his superiors find out, he will be dragged form
the case. For Voss to solve this he needs help from outside and it comes from an unlikely source of Gerry, a fifty-something, ex-entrepreneur and living on the street.
Estelle watched her
husband die the death of a thousand cuts before being assassinated gangland style.
Canberra is a small
city of itinerant politicians and lawmakers. It has an undercurrent of crime
like all cities so in this town, the news is mainly political. However, this is one case that will be hard to keep
out of the news, Estelle’s husband, now a political adviser to cabinet was
tortured before she was killed and it appears, his tormentors left him to bleed out.
Voss only has to figure
out why, because he knows the how, to find the killers.
Forensics turn
up keys to a converted warehouse. It is a movie lot, not unusual, Canberra has
a thriving porn industry, but not something someone would consider a person of Judge Tony Peters calibre to be associated with.
Voss is called to the scene of a random shooting on the A25. The driver of a
silver Mercedes has been shot in the head while travelling at speed. Four
murders in two days. Voss knows he has to work fast because this victim is
connected to the warehouse.
Taken from the case with the body count is building, Voss is annoyed and feels betrayed by his boss. Detective Sergeant Lucy Nguyen knows better than
involving him, but she is loyal and uses the medical examiner to pass
on information.
Voss, determined to keep
the promise he has made to Estelle’s mother, looks back through other unsolved
murders looking for a link. He knows if he finds it he can work outside
his jurisdiction to bring the killers in.
Sounds like it will be a good read . :)
ReplyDeleteHope so it's been a blast to write so far.
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