Detective Inspector Avison Fluke is newly returned to work. He has been out for over a year, fighting a blood cancer. What those around him don't know is that he has not been cleared to return to service and is not healthy. But his work is what sustains him and if he has to hide the truth, well, there are lots of secrets being held in the police force.
His first case is what appears to be a gangland execution. The body of a woman has been found on a construction site, in a foundation post due to be filled with cement. The only reason she was found was that a junkie had been using the construction trailer for his home and happened to look out and see the body disposal when he was sober enough to know what he was seeing.
Fluke pulls his team together. They are the individuals that his boss never wants on his own team but Fluke knows they are all loyal to him and highly skilled. One is a friend from his youth who spent years in the military in the top forces. Another is a woman the boss considers not young or good-looking enough but Fluke knows she is a marvel at organization. The team soon discovers that the woman was not who she was pretending to be. She was living under a false name and had gone through extensive plastic surgery to change her looks. What was her secret?
This is the first novel in the new Avison Fluke series. M. W. Craven is an English writer who is making a name here in the United States after becoming very popular overseas. He has traveled the world and has a degree in social work and criminology, both fields that let him write about criminals and those who chase them with authority. Fluke is an interesting character as are his team and this is a welcome addition to the mystery genre. This book is recommended for mystery readers.
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