The Danger Within
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- $6.99
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- $6.99
Publisher Description
A seemingly straightforward domestic tragedy leads to something deeper and darker for DCI Vogel and his team in this gripping police procedural.
A man lies dead on the kitchen floor of his comfortable North Devon home, his body punctured by multiple stab wounds. Beside him sits his silent, traumatised wife.
DCI David Vogel reckons he’s seen it all before. A domestic tragedy: an abused wife snaps after years of suffering within a deeply tormented marriage. Then again, as a police officer of long experience, Vogel knows it’s dangerous to rely on assumptions. As his investigations lead him in all sorts of unexpected directions, uncovering a number of shocking secrets in the dead man’s past, Vogel comes to realize that nothing about this case is as straightforward as it seems.
What really happened inside No.11 St Anne’s Avenue? And if Thomas Quinn’s wife didn’t kill him, who did . . . and why? Vogel is about to embark on the most unusual case of his career.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
The stabbing death of Thomas Quinn, a well-to-do businessman with a reputation as "a pillar of the local community," propels Bonner's solid fourth police procedural featuring Det. Chief Insp. David Vogel (after 2019's Dreams of Fear). When Vogel, a member of the Devon and Cornwall Police's Major Crimes Team, arrives at the Quinn home, he sees the corpse face down on the kitchen floor and Quinn's widow, Gillian, a teacher who reported the crime, sitting nearby. Gillian's unresponsive state leads to her being transported to the hospital to be treated for shock. After a neighbor says she overheard what sounded like a marital dispute shortly before the murder, Gillian becomes the prime suspect, a line of inquiry threatened by an apparent alibi provided by Helen Harris, who runs a sanctuary for abused women. Flashbacks to 1997 detail the horrific experiences of Londoner Lilian St. John, whose abusive ex-boyfriend has cut off her access to money but remains beyond the law's reach. Plausible characterizations more than compensate for a twist that's telegraphed too blatantly. This insightful exploration of the physical and emotional toll of domestic violence will resonate with many.
