A Fragile Mercy by Doug SinclairMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
Malkie gets called in to a vicious murder, Sebastian Beauchamp, a high-ranking Special Advisor to a Scottish Minister, has been brutally stabbed multiple times in his own home with a broken wine bottle. It is clearly a personal murder.
Because it is high-profile, MIT gets involved which means the detested DCI McLeish is back in Livi, much to everyone's disgust. Then the team get a break forensics have matched prints on the wine bottle to someone in the system, a young man with severe mental health issues who is known to lash out when scared - can it be that easy?
As usual, Malkie doesn't go for the easiest option, he just keeps digging for the truth even if his superiors want this wrapped up quickly.
Meanwhile, Steph is on desk duty following the suspicious death of Lang who fell off the balcony of his flat onto the roof of a car. Finally, her story is coming to a close. May I also express my heartfelt thanks that she has stopped with the wailing and the whining about her biological father being a rapist - that got very tedious.
In previous books I have complained that there are too many ongoing story arcs which detract from the plot - this time Doug Sinclair wisely let Malkie's ongoing arcs go almost unmentioned which made for a better story (in my opinion).
Anyway, if you like you crime gritty and your detectives angsty then I recommend this series.
Available on Kindle Unlimited.
I received an ARC from the publisher via NetGalley.
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