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    Outside Looking In

    By Michael Wood

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    ‘DCI Matilda Darke is the perfect heroine’ Elly Griffiths

    The second book in Michael Wood’s darkly compelling new crime series featuring DCI Matilda Darke. Perfect for fans of Stuart MacBride, Mark Billingham and Val McDermid.

    When elderly George Rainsford goes to investigate a suspicious noise one night, the last thing he expects to find is a bloodbath. A man has been killed and a woman brutally beaten, left for dead.

    The victims are Lois Craven and Kevin Hardaker – both married, but not to each other. Their spouses swear they knew nothing of the affair and, besides, they both have alibis for the attack. With nothing else to link the victims, the investigation hits a dead end.

    The pressure is on for investigating officer, DCI Matilda Darke: there’s a violent killer on the loose, and it looks like her team members are the new targets. With no leads and no suspects, it’s going to take all Matilda’s wits to catch him, before he strikes again.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins UK
    Release dateMay 26, 2016
    ISBN9780008190460
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    Michael Wood

    Michael Wood is a freelance journalist and proofreader living in Newcastle. As a journalist he covered many crime stories throughout Sheffield, gaining first-hand knowledge of police procedure. He also reviews books for CrimeSquad, a website dedicated to crime fiction.

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    • 4/5
      Excellent, although in many ways a repeat of the first instalment: Matilda blames herself for the death of her husband and the presumed death of Carl and struggles to cope, before pulling herself together at around the 60% mark and solving the case.The police procedural bit was very good, although SPOILERSI don't understand why Alice didn't report the man who threatened her to the police. For a while the plot seemed to explain this, but then a twist removed that reason...
    • 5/5
      It was fascinating. I cared about the characters, especially the heroine. Plus, there was always a twist to the mysteries. I have read the first two, and hope he writes more.