The Hammer Falls - Andrew Barrett 5*
Eddie is offered promotion- one he doesn’t want. Ros is up to her neck and just wants
to get away- including from Eddie which he struggles to understand. Meanwhile there
is a body- a stranger murder. Another couple have been burgled and then the wife turns
up dead- burnt in her car. The defectives (Eddie’s word not mine) investigated when the
alarm went off but found nothing untoward. Eddie starts to put things together,
unfortunately something he can’t do in his own life. As ever this is written with larger than
life Eddie’s sense of humour. Some of the comments he comes out with are those that
you wish you had thought of yourself and never can at the appropriate moment.
An excellent plot line with a wonderful character at the helm. If you haven’t yet met
Eddie then maybe do so- you will smile whilst you read. Always a good thing in
my book- and what a book! Love this, love Eddie.
to get away- including from Eddie which he struggles to understand. Meanwhile there
is a body- a stranger murder. Another couple have been burgled and then the wife turns
up dead- burnt in her car. The defectives (Eddie’s word not mine) investigated when the
alarm went off but found nothing untoward. Eddie starts to put things together,
unfortunately something he can’t do in his own life. As ever this is written with larger than
life Eddie’s sense of humour. Some of the comments he comes out with are those that
you wish you had thought of yourself and never can at the appropriate moment.
An excellent plot line with a wonderful character at the helm. If you haven’t yet met
Eddie then maybe do so- you will smile whilst you read. Always a good thing in
my book- and what a book! Love this, love Eddie.
he Hammer Falls Blurb:
Some secrets, no matter how well buried, refuse to die.
When the remains of a woman are found in a burnt-out car, Eddie Collins reluctantly teams up with his enemy, DI Benson, to untangle the knot of lies behind this apparent suicide.
In the midst of all this, Eddie’s life grows more complicated by the day; his perfect relationship is suffocating him. As a CSI in the Major Crime Unit, he is also being forced to accept a promotion that he doesn’t want, leading a team that he can’t control or tolerate.
Even when the mystery is solved, proving it turns out to be deadly..
Author Bio:
Andrew Barrett has enjoyed variety in his professional life, from engine-builder to farmer, from Oilfield Service Technician in Kuwait, to his current role of Senior CSI in Yorkshire.
He’s been a CSI since 1996, and has worked on all scene types from terrorism to murder, suicide to rape, drugs manufacture to bomb scenes. One way or another, Andrew’s life revolves around crime.
In 1997 he finished his first crime thriller, A Long Time Dead, and it’s still a readers’ favourite today, some 200,000 copies later, topping the Amazon charts several times. Two more books featuring SOCO Roger Conniston completed the trilogy.
Today, Andrew is still producing high-quality, authentic crime thrillers with a forensic flavour that attract attention from readers worldwide. He’s also attracted attention from the Yorkshire media, having been featured in the Yorkshire Post, and twice interviewed on BBC Radio Leeds.
He’s best known for his lead character, CSI Eddie Collins, and the acerbic way in which he roots out criminals and administers justice. Eddie’s series is four books and two short stories in length, and there’s still more to come.
Andrew is a proud Yorkshireman and sets all of his novels there, using his home city of Leeds as another major, and complementary, character in each of the stories.
Links:
Contact: andrew@andrewbarrett.co.uk
Website: http://www.andrewbarrett.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AndrewBarr
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Andre
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