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INNOCENT BLOOD (Paperback)

by Elizabeth Corley (Author)
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  • Paperback: 288 pages
  • Publisher: Allison & Busby (28 Jan 2008)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0749080620
  • ISBN-13: 978-0749080624
  • Product Dimensions: 21.2 x 13.8 x 4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 367,254 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Major Jeremy Maidment, former service man and pillar of the community, only wants to help when his neighbour Mrs Pennysmith is robbed by local con man Luke Chalfont. Appealing to DI Bob Cooper, Maidment is on a mission to help police trap the subject. But the arrest goes rapidly awry when Chalfont threatens Bob with a knife and Maidment's 'shoot first, ask questions later' policy lands him in deep water. With a suspect near death and Maidment's possession of an unlicensed gun raising questions it's time for the Sussex force to draft in their Secret Weapon, Sergeant Nightingale; young, dynamic and determined to find answers...DCI Andrew Fenwick is also up against a tough case.The Choir Boy investigation, a project outside of ordinary police jurisdiction, aims to expose an infamous and increasingly powerful paedophile ring. The pressure is on as Fenwick's refusal to play by the rules means the prospect of new assistant commissioner Harper-Brown taking the case from him looms heavily. Moreover, with thirteen-year-old school boy Sam Bowyers missing, every second counts. But is the investigation more complex than it initially seems? And could something buried alongside a child's corpse, twenty-five years ago, hold the key? As tension mounts between the two cases, a question comes to light: Is innocence in the eye of the beholder?

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars A powerful story, written with eloquent and moving prose., 12 Jan 2009
By Lizzie Hayes "Lizzie" (Leicestershire) - See all my reviews
This review is from: INNOCENT BLOOD (Hardcover)
This is the fourth book to feature Detective Chief Inspector Andrew Fenwick and Sergeant Nightingale, but in this book they are both involved in different investigations. Nightingale is investigating a con man who prays on the elderly, but comes unstuck when he encounters a retired Major. Although an upholder of law and order the major takes matters into his own hands to protect his neighbour. Nightingale conducts a masterful interrogation, during the course of which much of the Major's character is revealed ,provoking in this reader pity, admiration and revulsion in equal measures.

But the power of the book lies in the moral and career dilemma that eventually Andrew Fenwick faces, following his investigation into the disappearance of thirteen year-old schoolboy Sam Bowyers, which leads him to a paedophile ring which becomes known as The Choir Boy investigation. The descriptions of the lives facing these boys sold into prostitution are harrowing. The outcome of his investigation poises him of the horns of dilemma as he ponders the right and wrongs of acting on the knowledge he has gained.

The story is told from multiple points of view, which sets an energetic pace. It is also a poignant read not only in terms of a well-written and powerful story, but in the eloquent and moving prose that reveal the feelings of the characters. Whilst the investigation into the paedophile ring provokes strong emotions, so in it's own way does Nightingale's investigation.

An excellent book, that I will re-read, and that I cannot recommend too highly.
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Lizzie Hayes
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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars gripping, 9 Jun 2008
By C. E. Elliott (London) - See all my reviews
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Unbearably sad in places and just gripping. Good to follow the relationship between Fenwick and Nightingale although the personal lives of the characters took second place in this book to the plot and the fate of the boys concerned. Made me very angry at times that such people do exist.
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5.0 out of 5 stars stunning and scary...., 8 Oct 2009
By Christine Squires "POULTON GIRL" (POULTON LE FYLDE) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Innocent Blood (Paperback)
Inspectors Fenwick and Nightingale return in this stunning, but very moving book about paedophiles, families, and guilty secrets.
The characters are written with depth and sympathy, and continually reveal secrets you could only guess at.
The story weaves around paedophilia and the discovery of the bodies of 2 young boys. The investigation draws in both career criminals and local residents and their families. The characters manage to be both repelant and sympathetic at the same time.
I think this the best Elizabeth Corley book so far. The story is intricate and the characterisation excellent. I couldn't put ti down, and can't wait for the next one.
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