A Killing Too Far

"CI Reid: A Killing Too Far" by Desmond Webb. Three crimes, five murders, separated by sixty-four years. And a Detective Chief Inspector who is running out of time. The murder of a police officer in a tenement back lane in Dublin in 1948 sets off a chain of events that culminates in the investigation of a double murder in 2012. Chief Inspector Eoin Reid of the Dublin Metropolitan Murder Squad, who must untangle the mystery of the two murders on a busy Dublin street, also finds himself chasing a killer from the past. During the course of the investigation he learns about a similar unsolved case that happened in 1960. His certainty that the two cases are linked leads to confrontation with his superior officer and to doubts about his abilities from other colleagues. Central to his belief is a man called Charles Doherty, a wealthy retired businessman. The murder of a young woman and a man first thought to have been accompanying her are the catalyst for the events that unfold leading Reid in many directions as he tries to unravel the reasons for the killings. A suspect emerges when it is discovered during the autopsy that the dead woman was at least three months pregnant. Reid discovers that she had had a relationship with a man called Michael Quinn Looking at CCTV footage following the murder, he is seen in her company leaving a coffee shop. But Michael Quinn is also dead; he committed suicide shortly after the murder and a subsequent DNA test during his autopsy proves that he is the father. Could it be as simple as that? The case of a lover rejected who then wrought his revenge. Not as far as DCI Reid is concerned. He is prepared to sacrifice everything in his efforts to get at the truth. But will even that be enough to bring a brutal killer to justice? ** Book details: published 2014. Order now on BookShops.in with fast, reliable delivery across India.