Beware the Past- Joy Ellis- Joffe 5*

Twenty five years ago DC Matt Ballard found a body whilst staking out a drugs drop.
Two more bodies were found shortly afterwards, all three were eleven year old boy
whom no one would miss. The perpetrator was thought to have been found dead
but several investigating the case didn’t believe it was quite that simple.
Fast forward to now and Matt is now a DCI, just a few short months away from
retirement. His past has been jaded and then he receives, via one of his colleagues ,
a photograph. He is the only remaining link to the original case and only he knows
that the picture was taken before the crime was committed. Joy has done it again-
made me turn the pages and love the characters. She has a talent for giving
them a background that you can relate to in one way or another and although this has the
odd gory scene, I could see this as a TV drama. Another brilliant piece of writing, a stunning read.