Firewatching

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This is certainly a scorcher of a debut, which starts with a fire and possibly ends with a fire, with plenty of excellent story telling in the middle. Tyler doesn’t expend the time or energy on making friends or influencing people, and he doesn’t seem to care. Their first outing sees them investigating a cold case in which a body has been discovered by workers renovating a fire damaged house.

The characterisation in ‘Firewatching‘ is absolutely perfect, with Thomas portraying Lily’s dementia accurately and sensitively.It’s now common knowledge that one of the best tools to tackle the climate crisis is to plant trees. I do love a story that's set in a familiar location and this one takes place bang in the centre of Sheffield; a city that I visit frequently and is very dear to me. Keeping his possible conflict-of-interest under wraps, Tyler digs into the case alongside Amina Rabbani, an ambitious young Muslim constable and a fellow outsider seeking to prove herself on the force.

As the sole representative of South Yorkshire's Cold Case Review Unit, Tyler recognises his role for what it is – a means of keeping him out of the way following an ‘incident’. The final revel was brilliantly done and took me completely by surprise- very cleverly done by the author.In this book, which is set in Sheffield, England, sees Adam Tyler force his way into an investigation, because he feels it falls in his remit as a cold case officer (though why it has to be him, given he's just a DS is beyond me).

When you think you have worked out who the killer is, there is that twist that shows you how wrong you are. It was also fantastic to have LGBTQ representation, including our gay main character DS Tyler, his lesbian friend Sally Ann and fire fighter Paul. Used to working on his own, he has been partnered up WPC Rabbani, an aspiring detective, who gets put upon by DC Doggett and DS Daley. We couldn't put it down' ATTITUDE 'Totally absorbed me' CASS GREEN 'Intelligent, pacy and compelling' SARAH WARD 'A fantastic read with a plot that left me guessing and a cast of very real and well imagined characters' JAMES DELARGY 'A cracking read with a terrific new detective lead. Let’s move on but before we do, here’s a newly created fictional detective team that I think has tremendous potential.Although the real estate agent doesn't tell him, he knows the place is hard to sell because a woman was eviscerated in the bedroom. This is an excellent debut thriller with a few twists, that will leave you breathless and impressed. Alongside Tyler, we also have DI Jim Doggett, a no-nonsense, seemingly stereotypical bigoted cop from the old-school, and Constable Amina Rabbani, a uniformed cop trying hard to get into CID despite the hurdles in front of her. PRAISE FOR FIREWATCHING 'Taut, intelligent and fast moving, Thomas tells his story with admirable skill' DAILY MAIL 'An intriguing start to a new series, introducing a pleasingly misanthropic new hero with the requisite traumatic past' OBSERVER 'A gripping new British gay crime thriller that kept us guessing right up to its incendiary climax . The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products.