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Twisted Tracks (Hardcover)

by Lesley Horton (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 288 pages
  • Publisher: Orion (31 Dec 2008)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0752890581
  • ISBN-13: 978-0752890586
  • Product Dimensions: 23.2 x 15.6 x 3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 701,983 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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'The mistress of domestic British horror does it again with Twisted Tracks.' (NHS magazine )

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From honour killings to domestic violence, forbidden affairs and ritual sacrifice - Lesley Horton shows with chilling accuracy what can happen behind closed doors. Years of policing have turned John Handford and Khalid Ali into two of the best investigators on their force. But nothing stays the same for ever - and promotion has set the newly-styled DCI Handford and DI Ali on separate cases. Handford is on the trail of a young woman who's vanished without a trace, while Ali is tracking the killer of a 96-year-old pensioner murdered in her own home. But the stories of these two women, generations apart, look set to converge in a gruesome fashion. Handford and Ali must investigate spurned lovers, feuding families, cash-hungry conmen and even the ghosts of men buried alive a century back, to unpick the bitter motivations behind the rising body count. With her trademark fiendish plotting and shocking realism, Lesley Horton once again lifts the lid on the horrors that can hide behind the facade of everyday life.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A story that communicates the complexity of our lives, and the fallibility of the human being.., 19 Jun 2009
By Lizzie Hayes "Lizzie" (Leicestershire) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Twisted Tracks (Paperback)
DCI John Handford is investigating the disappearance of Bronwyn Price. Her stepfather David Younger is the prime suspect, but to date the police have not found a body, and have no concrete evidence against David Younger.

John Handford is not a happy man, his investigation isn't making progress, his wife Gill is still in the USA teaching, and his mother has kindly stepped in to take care of the house and children whilst Gill is away - A mixed blessing. The only upside is the excellent meals he is getting - nothing like a mother's cooking. But to add to his misery is the re-investigation of the alleged rape of Josie Renshaw. Advances in forensic technology had resulted in the re-opening of past cases one of these being the alleged rape of Josie Renshaw, who committed suicide 30 years ago. DCI John Handford was 17 at the time and his brother Douglas asked him to give him an alibi, which John did. Now that action comes back to haunt him, as the rape of Josie Renshaw is re-opened.

When Christine Blakely reports to the police that her husband Tom is missing, the matter is not taken too seriously for her husband ex-policeman Tom is a known womaniser and has frequently gone AWOL when pursuing a new love. But Christine tells John Handford this time it's different, but she doesn't mention that someone is watching the house.

There are many threads in this story, each one fascinating and portraying the fallibility of human nature - how the best of people can be drawn into doing the wrong thing.

The story is told from multiple points of view that of DCI John Handford, Douglas Handford, Christine Blakely and David Younger. A story that communicates the complexity of our lives, the deeper mess we can get into when we try to extricate ourselves from a mess. And above all the fallibility of the human being.

Very highly recommended. I couldn't put it down.
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Lizzie Hayes

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3.0 out of 5 stars Twisted Tracks, Lesley Horton, 30 Jan 2009
By P. Robinson (Leeds, UK) - See all my reviews
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As always with this author, well plotted and interesting, but the frequent syntactical errors were irritating and detracted from my enjoyment. I hope she will get a good sub-editor for the next one!
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4.0 out of 5 stars Twisted Tracks - Lesley Horton, 7 Feb 2009
By S. Lloyd (Norfolk, England) - See all my reviews
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It has been a long wait for the next in the DCI John Handford series. This is a strong plotted police procedural giving a vivid picture of modern day life in Bradford and villages in West Yorkshire.

Horton never shys away from depicting human actions which we know in reality happen but we might prefer to pretend otherwise. Reading about the author it is clear that she is able to draw upon her own experiences.

There is a lot going on in "Twisted Tracks", for me this adds strength to the novel and means that it is beautifully paced. I did not, at any point, lose the thread of events.

I like Horton's style of passages within a chapter featuring different characters so that you get a real sense of events happening simultaneously and that you find out information at the same time as the characters.

I felt disappointed that there was less Handford/Ali interaction. In contrast Warrender's characterisation is strong. I didn't feel that Handford's exploration of his poor relationship with his brother added another dimension to his character - rather that it portrayed him as wooden.

Overall, I think it was worth the wait.
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