Cambridge Blue: A DC Gary Goodhew Mystery Set in Cambridge, England - Softcover

Bruce, Alison

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1569478775 ISBN 13: 9781569478776

Publisher: Soho Constable, 2010

Synopsis

DC Gary Goodhew is intelligent and intuitive, the youngest detective at Cambridge's Parkside Station. When he discovers the body of a young woman on Midsummer Common, he is given the chance to work on a murder investigation for the first time in his career.

Soon the victim is identified as Lorna Spence. Richard Moran, her boyfriend and employer, has reported her missing and is distraught to discover that she has been killed. He claims that she was loved by his staff, and that she had no enemies. But it isn't long before Goodhew discovers many who wouldn't have minded seeing her dead, including Spence's high maintenance colleague, Victoria ,and Goodhew's reckless former classmate, Bryn.

They both swear that they have nothing to do with Lorna's death, but someone is lying. After another brutal murder, Goodhew knows it is time to use his own initiative to flush out the killer, even though it means risking his job and discovering the truth about the one person he hopes will be innocent.

About this title

About the Author

Alison Bruce was born in Surrey and now lives in Cambridge. She is the author of two previous nonfiction books. Kimberly's Song, the sequel to Cambridge Blue, will be released the same month as this trade paper edition of Cambridge Blue.

From Publishers Weekly

In Bruces assured debut, idealistic 25-year-old Gary Goodhew, recently promoted to detective constable at Cambridges Parkside Station, gets a chance to prove himself to Parksides seasoned veterans after the discovery of a young womans body atop a heap of trash bags on Midsummer Common. Like many a British police procedural, the novel opens with a flurry of activity and the introduction of numerous characters, but the action soon slows to a series of scenes, marked by descriptive passages full of precise details, in which the victims actions leading to her murder come into focus. Fortunately, halfway through, the pace picks up as the workaholic Goodhew pursues every twist in the case. By the end, readers will be flipping back to the beginning to suss out those clues that they may have missed. Bruce is also the author of two works of nonfiction, including Cambridgeshire Murders. (Jan.)
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About this edition

• Publisher: Soho Constable
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1569478775
• ISBN 13: 9781569478776
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 336