Sins of the Fathers - Patricia Hall

Death in Dark Waters - Patricia Hall

are more deaths? Or could Ackroyd s interference bring danger to herself and to the investigation? Although not one of the most memorable writers of modern crime fiction, Patricia Hall is nevertheless a competent story-teller and I have already enjoyed two or three of her novels. Set in a place called Bradfield, which seems to be a barely veiled description of Bradford, she takes a number of modern social problems, such as racism and drug-use, as the basis for her stories. This is the ninth book in the Thackeray and Ackroyd series, although it is not at all vital that they are read in order. Having a reporter working together with the police is not exactly new - ...

Dead on Arrival - Patricia Hall

This book is part of a series that features the main two characters however as a stand alone piece of crime fiction it is still very enjoyable with a good plot line and is very easy to read. The main two characters are DCI Michael Thackery who is a rather stereotype character as he is a former alcoholic who is struggling with work and sobriety following the break up of his relationship with Laura Ackroyd a journalist who has just moved to London for a new job while Thackery remains in the northern town of Bradfield. While in London Akroyd witnesses an attack on two balck youths by a gang of skin heads which leaves one of the youths dead while the other flees the ...

Dead on Arrival - Patricia Hall

I was first made aware of the author Patricia Hall through an opinion written by elkiedee on another opinion site and thus trotted (or rather hobbled as my leg was in plaster at the time) off to my local library in search of some of her work. Probably the last time I was in a library was many years ago when studying for my finals and that was only because the cute girl from my International Economics lectures always studied in the same place on the 4th floor. Anyway enough about my life as a stalker, there was a lack of Patricia Hall novels in my local library with the exception of “Dead on Arrival” which was fortunate as this was one of the ones elkiedee had recommended ...