2007-07-17 A sinister tale of sexual frustration and murder

I have to say that I wasn't sure about this book when I read the first few pages. It made me wonder if perhaps it might be riding a little close to the bone to be comfortable reading.

It follows an ex copper's return to crime solving. He is a man who obviously has some issues in his past relating to his daughter and her kidnapping a few years before the story is set. After an initial investigation into a womans' disappearance on behalf of his estranged wife, the missing woman is found dead and he is then lead into an full blown police investigation as a consultant that takes him into a seedy world of internet dating, stalking & oedipus syndrome.

I will say that the kidnapping of his daughter was only briefly touched on and could have been part of the story that was developed a bit more but it didn't detract from the overall strength of writing style and character development.

Well worth reading.