The Body in the Marsh
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4.2 • 541 Ratings
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Publisher Description
A woman goes missing – and for the detective, this time it's personal.
Criminologist Martin Knight lives a gilded life. But then his wife Liz disappears. There is no good explanation and Martin goes on the run.
To make things worse, Liz is the ex-girlfriend of DCI Craig Gillard who finds himself drawn into the investigation.
Is this a missing-person case or something more sinister? How dark can the truth be?
Utterly gripping and full of twists, this is a compulsive thriller from master Nick Louth for fans of Robert Bryndza, Patricia Gibney and Carole Wyer.
Praise for Nick Louth
'This splendid, chilling crime tale gripped me from the first page' Fresh Fiction
‘A fast-paced and explosive thriller about a subject that really matters’ Reader review
‘This was up there with the best thrillers I have ever read' Reader review
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
A detective should never let a case get personal, but the hero of this gritty mystery doesn’t have a choice. Craig Gillard is a good cop with a pesky vigilante streak, but things get complicated when he’s pulled into the hunt for the missing Liz Knight, a respected school administrator who also happens to be his ex-girlfriend. The chaos only multiplies when Liz’s husband, Martin, an arrogant but highly respected academic with friends in high places, also disappears. The investigation that follows is thrilling, rife with domestic drama and romantic twists we never saw coming. In the first book of his ongoing DCI Gillard series, author Nick Louth amplifies the darkness of the tale by using picture-perfect British suburbia as a backdrop for a truly sordid tale. The Body in the Marsh is a hard-to-put-down read.
Customer Reviews
A page turner.
The twist in the book is unexpected but added more interest to the plot. I enjoyed this novel.
The Body in the Marsh
I rolled my eyes so often with this book I think it became audible. Thinly veiled sexism caused a lot of it. The ridiculous characters did, too. Who is involved in an accident and then applies make to restore ‘self respect’. The same with a victim of domestic assault doing the same to restore ‘dignity’. Silly Sam, that’s who. Then there’s man-baby Craig trying to be a grown up. These men always end up with younger women. Yuk! I skipped a lot of this book due to the unnecessary content and the fact that my eyes were tired of rolling.
Suspense
A great detective story hard to put diwn