Off Track
A Superintendent Mike Yeadings Mystery
-
- $12.99
-
- $12.99
Publisher Description
Two strangers, a research microbiologist and a commuter-line driver, both once fired by ambition but now disillusioned, encounter each other at a major crossroads in their lives. In a vicious and mistaken attack, one becomes a hapless victim of the other's desperation.
As the Thames Valley Serious Crimes Squad, headed by Mike Yeadings, investigates the disappearance of one of the men, grim secrets of national importance emerge. Involvement spreads beyond the men's families to a mysterious immigrant couple with a tragic past. Suspicion falls on Detective Superintendent Zyczynski's journalist lover as he is drawn in to counter the threat to a young child's life.
Clare Curzon has written a stunning police procedural with strong psychological depth and mesmerizing characters.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
In less capable hands, Curzon's 22nd Mike Yeadings mystery (after 2008's Payback), which interweaves three primary narratives and at times several secondary ones, might be chaotic and frustrating. Instead, the author effortlessly elicits the reader's interest in all his characters: oversized Lee Barber, a train driver who dreams of one day working on the Continent for the European Express; Piers Egerton, a small, nervous man who's allowed himself to spend his career developing chemical weapons; and, of course, Supt. Mike Yeadings and his CID Thames Valley team of investigators. When the hapless Barber commits a shocking act of violence, we eventually forgive him as we come to know him better. More unexpected violence emanates from a dynamic created by Barber's act. Amid the fast-paced action, Curzon leaves space for the reader to reflect on the complexity and occasional irony of human interactions.
