#Review The Viaduct Killings (The Yorkshire Murders #1) by Wes Markin
#Review The Viaduct Killings (The Yorkshire Murders #1) by Wes Markin |
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The Viaduct Killings
The Yorkshire Murders #1
by Wes Markin
The start of a brand new crime thriller series from Wes Markin, bestselling author of the DCI Yorke series.
Still grieving from the tragic death of her colleague, DCI Emma Gardner continues to blames herself and is struggling to focus. So, when she is seconded to the wilds of Yorkshire, Emma hopes she’ll be able to get her mind back on the job, doing what she does best – putting killers behind bars.
But when she is immediately thrown into another violent murder, Emma has no time to rest. Desperate to get answers and find the killer, Emma needs all the help she can. But her new partner, DI Paul Riddick, has demons and issues of his own.
And when this new murder reveals links to an old case Riddick was involved with, Emma fears that history might be about to repeat itself…
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REVIEW
The Viaduct Killings, is the first novel in The Yorkshire Murders series, and my first time reading Wes Markin, I have heard of his DCI Yorke series but have never got around to reading. This was a great introduction to his writing and I absolutely loved this book.
DCI Emma Gardner has been seconded to the wilds of Yorkshire and she is literally thrown in the deep end where she meets her new partner DI Paul Riddick at the scene of a violent murder. What a way to start her first day! It becomes clear from the onset that Riddick has had something happen in his past that has hardened him as he comes off as standoffish towards Emma, as the story progresses we get titbits of what has happened and we get his story it is heart breaking (not gonna lie I kinda guessed but it still made me tear up) Although they both got off a rocky start both Emma and Paul work really well together, and when the put their heads together to solve the murder, it becomes clear that there is a connection to a suicide that Paul dealt with a few years prior.
When another murder happens, and the pieces start to fall into place it a race against time for Emma and Paul to catch the killer before someone else dies. This was a really great police procedural that Markin has weaved, the interlinking storylines of Emma and Paul alongside the murder ran smooth and really gave us an insight to these wonderfully flawed characters. I loved the journey Markin took us on with this first book on the series and I can’t wait to read more from DCI Emma Gardner and DI Paul Riddick.
5 stars
Author Bio –
Wes Markin is the bestselling author of the DCI Yorke crime novels, set in Salisbury. His new series for Boldwood stars the pragmatic detective DCI Emma Gardner who will be tackling the criminals of North Yorkshire. Wes lives in Harrogate and the first book in the series The Yorkshire Murders will be published in November 2022.
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