Murder among Friends- Janice Frost-Crime

Jane Bell has just earned her stripes as a Special constable. She lives and works in

Lincoln normally as a teacher and tutor but after her husband died a few years

ago she wanted to do something different. Her first beat and she finds a dead

body- not the normal patrol of a SPC. DI Warwick appears on the scene and

instantly takes a dislike to Jane and dismisses her. They cross paths again and

Warwick finds that Jane has been doing some investigative work of her own-

and reports her as this is way off limits. This is the first in a series (Warwick

and Bell)  and looks like it is going to be a wonderful series. A group of students

have been meeting to learn how to approach women with the sole aim of having

sex with them- it is one of the leaders that Jane found dead. When another

young man is attacked and then another student, but this time a female is

killed, Jane begins to put the pieces together. I really enjoyed this, it's a nice

easy read and not being too far from Lincoln made it even more special.

I liked Jane and her tenacity for justice and her” I really can't help myself

being nosy” demeanour! A thoroughly enjoyable read. Highly recommended 

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DISCOVER A BRAND-NEW SERIES FROM BESTSELLING AUTHOR JANICE FROST.
 
Meet Jane Bell. After her husband dies she leaves her job as a teacher to volunteer as a special constable with the police.
 
On her very first shift Jane is called to the scene of a murder. A young man has dragged himself to the top of Greenstone Stairs to die. Following her instincts, Jane finds herself becoming very involved in the case . . .
 
For Detective Steph Warwick, specials have no place in a murder investigation — and this upstart rookie is meddling where she doesn’t belong.
 
The victim ran a group at the university teaching men how to pick up women. Jane and Steph must venture into a dark and dangerous world of online misogyny.
 
Steph knows about abusive men. But can she work with Jane to put this killer behind bars?
 
MURDER AMONG FRIENDS is the tantalizing first instalment in the new Warwick and Bell series.

Perfect for fans of Ruth Rendell, Helen H. Durrant and Michael Hambling.

MEET THE DETECTIVES
SPC Jane Bell is forty-five, a widow of three years following the premature death of her husband, Sam. She has two grown-up children, Patrick and Norah, who are pursuing careers in London. After Sam’s death, Jane makes some changes to her life. She downsizes from their large family home in the country to a cottage in Lincoln.

DI Stephanie Warwick is thirty-five. She left school at eighteen and worked in a bank before joining the police force. She is haunted by her ex-boyfriend, Cal. He attempted to kill her twelve years ago, and murdered her best friend.

ALSO BY JANICE FROST
THE COMPLETE MERRY & NEAL MYSTERIES
Book 1: DEAD SECRET
Book 2: DARK SECRET
Book 3: HER HUSBAND’S SECRET
Book 4: THEIR FATAL SECRETS
Book 5: DIRTY SECRETS
Book 6: MURDEROUS SECRETS
 
STANDALONE
THE WOMAN ON THE CLIFF