Grave Doubts by
Elizabeth Corley
hbk out August 06
Published by Allison Busby
at £18.99
An exciting and well-written book about a pair of psychopaths who indulge
in e-mail games, stalking, rape and finally serial murder. One of them is
dominant over the other lesser partner, who is arrested early in the book
when he attempts to waylay his e-mail contact in a park, but is confounded
by the victim being a police decoy. The woman, Sergeant Louise
Nightingale, is so disturbed by the attack that she eventually takes off to
recover in a derelict house in Devon left to her by an aunt, but the other
member of the evil pair tracks her, having already tried to get his partner out
of jail by committing similar killings intended to demonstrate that the
perpetrator is still at large.
This is a substantial book of almost 500 pages and the tension is well-
maintained throughout, a latent romantic element being the attraction
between Louise and her Detective Chief Inspector, who has great difficulty
in convincing other senior officers that she is in serious danger.
There are a number of violent episodes in the book, perhaps too graphic for
weaker stomachs and one aspect I found interesting was that the author is a
most attractive married woman and Chief Executive of an international
investment company – perhaps not the image that jumps to mind as the
writer of such physically grisly text. However, this is an excellent and
gripping read, highly recommended for those not of a nervous disposition.
(
Bernard Knight
ex Home Office Pathologist and author of the highly acclaimed Crowner John series)
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Grave Doubts by
Elizabeth Corley
