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 Death Wore White - Jim Kelly
Newest Review: ... issues that come with being a relatively new partnership. Valentine had been Shaw's father's partner a decade before and ... more  ... resents being subordinate to a much younger man. Shaw, in turn, knows that the case that ended his father's career may well have been messed up by Valentine's sloppy procedural work, so he's making sure such things don't happen to him as well.
It all sounds fairly standard, so it was quite a surprise to open up the book and find that the first line of the story was a skilfully done and very colourful metaphor. This wasn't to be the only time through the book I was shocked by the quality of the writing, although it was ...more |
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Death Wore White - Jim Kelly: White Hot (932 words)
by - written on 19/05/09 (Very useful, 36 readings)
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Crime thrillers aren't usually a genre known for their excellent writing, unless I'm reading the wrong books. Whilst there are some exciting writers working within it, they're not generally the kind of books you'd pick up for the quality of their writing, more for the quality of the story. That alone makes Jim Kelly's "Death Wore White" something of a surprise and something well worth picking up, as he manages both. One wintry evening on the Norfolk coast, DI Shaw and DS Valentine are investigating a report of a toxic container which is about to wash ashore. At the beach, they find something more than they expected when a dead man floats ashore in ... Read the complete review
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