DETECTIVE TOM MARINER BOOKS 1-3: three gripping crime mysteries box set
by Chris Collett
Genres
Publication date
- October 28, 2018
‘Collett is a
wonderful writer, subtle, clever, strong on atmosphere and character.’ Yorkshire Post“Procedural fans are in for a
really good time.” Publishers Weekly“Well written, thoughtful, and
entertaining.” BooklistBOOK 1: DEADLY LIESJournalist Eddie Barham is found dead in his home. A syringe in his arm and a note by his side reading, ‘No More.’Open and shut case of suicide? Not for DI Mariner. Hours before, he saw Barham picking up a prostitute in a bar. Mariner discovers Barham’s younger brother, Jamie, hiding in a cupboard under the stairs.BOOK 2: INNOCENT LIESTwo teenagers go missing on the same day. Just a coincidence?They are from very different backgrounds:
Yasmin is the talented, grammar-school-educated daughter of devout Muslim professionals. Ricky disappears after storming out of his council house after an argument with his mum’s latest boyfriend. .But Mariner soon discovers that
Yasmin is far from the innocent victim her parents think she is. Can he get to the bottom of a perplexing case where no one is what they seem.BOOK 3: KILLER LIESFirst, a badly decomposed body of a young woman is found in a Birmingham sewer. The police can’t identify her and dub her “Madeleine.”Then an important politician and his wife
are shot on an isolated road. “Vengeance is mine” is scrawled in blood at the scene.And finally, a bomb explosion in the busy city kills five people, causing chaos and panic.
THE SETTINGBut with its many green spaces, Birmingham also borders on the beautiful countryside of Worcestershire and Warwickshire, is just a few miles from Stratford on Avon and a short drive from the wild country of mid-Wales.
Birmingham’s population is large and ethnically diverse, and while urban regeneration has forged a modern and culturally vibrant city, the decaying remnants of the industrial past and 1960s concrete jungle give it a unique and gritty character; the dark underbelly policed by DI Tom Mariner and his team.
THE DETECTIVEDetective Inspector Tom Mariner is, on the surface, an average dedicated policeman, but his experiences as a younger man have given him an insight into life on the dark side, and a clear sense of right and wrong. Mariner has little interest in material things. He lives in a modest canal-side cottage, enjoys the occasional (real) ale and game of dominoes and drives an old car. He is most at home in the outdoors, with an OS map and a compass, and in times of crisis, will take off and walk for miles in any weather.DI MARINER SERIES
