Hello
Readers,
Thank
you NetGalley and Heads of Zeus for the chance to read this ebook (due to be
published 12 July 2018) for free in
exchange for an honest review.
Spoiler
Free
This is
the first book by Martin Kasasian that I have read and I loved every second of
it and I am looking into his other books. My inner feminist (maybe not so
inner) was screaming for joy at how Betty tackles the gender prejudices of the
time in this book. I loved the plot as its well-conceived and imaginative there
are some comedic gems in amongst it all.
Betty
Church, is very much a woman in a man's world in the early 1900’s and she’s a
female police officer. She is more than capable to look after herself, despite
those who surround her. The author manages to add humour to the gender and
social norms of the time. Betty Church is a wonderful creation and I'd like to
read more about her.
Betty
is reluctant to leave the police after losing part of her arm, leaving her with
the only option which is to transfer from the Met to The Suffolk town of
Sackwater where she grew up and thought she had left behind for good. After a visit to her Godmother (the famous
investigator March Middleton), she is promoted to Inspector.
Everything
is different for Betty in Sackwater, she’s the first woman police officer in
the area, the times passes slower as the crimes are slightly lighter shade
(reminds me a little of Hot Fuzz). Once Betty gets a case at the train station
to investigate a missing bench. When Betty gets to the station there is no bench, instead there is a
body (It’s in the synopsis not a spoiler). A smartly dressed man, stone-cold
dead, with two distinctive puncture wounds in his throat. Sending the locals
into a gossip frenzy about the Suffolk Vampire.
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