The beginning of "The Murder List" is particularly
poignant. Detective Zac Boateng is enjoying an early morning run with his
daughter Amelia. At some point during the exercise he loses sight of Amelia and
is shocked when a number of gun shots are clearly heard. The unthinkable has
happened his beautiful Amelia is now lying before him fatally wounded finally
succumbing to the gunshots and dying in the arms of her father.
We fast forward 5 years and Detective Boateng together with
work colleagues Nasim Malik, Pat Connelly and DS Kat Jones is called to the
scene of a violent crime The location is a pawnbrokers shop where the owner
Ivor Harris has been bludgeoned with an axe left embedded in his skull. What follows
is a detailed, intricate, tangled story that will test the ability and patience
of Zac to the limit. Whilst attempting to discover and apprehend the pawn shop
killer there appears to be a trail going all the way back to that fateful day
in 2012 and Amelia's death. As evidence mounts, a culprit is identified who
must not only contend with the wrath of Zachariah Boateng but it in addition a
lone sniper, ex military who has been hired to execute him for reasons soon
made clear.
Although the plot of this book is good it is the character and
flaws of Boateng that set The Murder List above the average thriller. He is
consumed by his inability to protect Amelia and is tortured each and every day that
he did or could not save her.."Never give up. You owe it to that person
you loved. To the memory you still love, that no one can take away"... So
will the ending of this fast paced thriller give our lone detective some inner
peace and the courage to be a good father to his son Kofi and wife Etta? You
dear reader of my review will have to discover that for yourself but rest
assured the journey will be exciting full of doubt and yes some hope....Many
thanks to the good people of netgalley and the publisher Bookouture for a
gratis copy of this excellent thriller in exchange for an honest review and
that is what I have written.
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