- Format: Kindle Edition
- File Size: 665 KB
- Print Length: 352 pages
- Publisher: Trapeze (5 Sept. 2019)
- Sold by: Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
- Language: English
- ASIN: B07N6K7XKT
Synopsis
A locked room. A dead body. A secret that went to the grave.
When retired police officer Finlay Shaw is found dead in a locked room, everyone thinks it’s suicide. But disgraced detective William ‘Wolf’ Fawkes isn’t so sure.
Together with his former partner Detective Emily Baxter and private detective Edmunds, Wolf’s team begin to dig into Shaw’s early days on the beat. Was Shaw as innocent as he seemed? Or is there more to his past than he’d ever let on?
But not everyone wants Wolf back – and as his investigation draws him ever deeper into police corruption, it will not only be his career on the line – but the lives of those he holds closest as well…
Review
Endgame is the third book in Daniel Cole’s Ragdoll series featuring William Wolf Fawkes and Emily Baxter. This books follows directly on from the previous book Hangman, with it’s shocking conclusion, and follows the consequences of those events. Finlay Shaw, retired Detective Sergeant and colleague of Wolf and Baxter, is found dead in a locked room after apparently committing suicide. Wolf is unsure and wants prove that he was in fact murdered, so for one final case Wolf, Baxter, Edumunds a former colleague and now a private investigator, and Saunders are back together on what seems an impossible case. This is a fast paced, crime thriller that had me gripped from the beginning with it’s compelling plot and engaging characters.
Endgame is an apt title as it maybe the last book in the Ragdoll series, and it ties up many of the loose ends from the previous books. As well as the investigation into Finlay Shaw’s death, there is also the undercurrent of the consequences from the Hangman investigation, which is still sending ripples through the police department. Whilst looking at Finlay’s death they look at his previous cases and there are chapters that look at his early career with his partner Christian Bellamy, now the Commissioner, in the 1970’s. My only complaint would be that I thought the plot jumped around a bit, in time and character focus which left me having to check back quite a few times. The different threads of this book did however keep my attention and added to the suspense of the plot.
It was great to see Wolf back, even if he was in custody for his actions in the previous book. There was a lot of tension between Wolf and Baxter, in the form of mistrust and the sexual tension that has underpinned their woking relationship in all three books. Baxter is under a lot of pressure in her personal and professional life, trying to do the right thing by everyone but as usual not taking care of her self. I love her sarcasm, strength, intelligence but also her sense of the doing the right thing the can put her at odds with Wolf. The reuniting of the team, and their very different personalities, their interactions, add a sense of reality, drama and occasionally a touch of humour that can only come from people who know each other well.
Endgame is deliciously dark and exciting thriller with a twisted and devious killer as its heart. Full of tension, action, and twists and turns, this book had me hooked until the last page. As a crime thriller this worked for me on every level; detailed procedure, a seemingly impossible crime, characters that rub off each other adding a sense of reality and an intelligent and evil killer. An. intense, chilling and brilliant read.
Thank you to Orion and TracyFenton for inviting me to be part of the blog tour for Endgame.
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