The Treatment - Mo Hayder

I first came across Mo Hayder, author of The Treatment, in her first book - Birdman. I am a great fan of anything murder/mystery/thriller so I turned the pages of the book rapidly until I reached the bizarre ending. Although a pretty gruesome story, Birdman certainly whetted my appetite for Mo Hayder's further writings. In The Treatment, we once again meet with Detective Inspector Jack Caffery of the AMIT squad (Area Major Investigations Pool) in the south London area. Caffery as well as heading the murder squad and trying to find the perpetrator committing the dreadful crimes is trying to unscramble his own life. His life as we find out in Birdman is ...  Read the complete review

Now here's a challenge. How do I write about this book without giving away too much of the plot. But not just the plot of this one, without giving away too much about it's predecessor - Birdman. Hmmm, let's see... Jack Caffrey is a detective inspector in his mid-30's. His younger brother (Ewan) disappeared in 1974, Jack believes that he was abducted by Ivan Penderecki, a known paedophile living nearby. (Jack still lives in what used to be the family home.) He works for the murder squad, now known as AMIT (Area Major Investigations Pool). When we left him at the end of Birdman [those of us that dared to ...  Read the complete review