Death Wore White by Jim Kelly - A Crime Story

Jim Kelly, the winner of the Crime Writers’ Association Dagger in the Library Award, lives inCambridgeshire, England. He is the author of The Fire Baby, The Moon Tunnel, The Coldest Blood, The Skeleton Man and The Water Clock that was shortlisted for the CWA John Creasey Award.

“Death Wore White by Jim Kelly” is a horror, thriller and crime story written by Jim where he gives detailed entry to the snowy fens along England’s Norfolk coast. This new series, set in Norfolk, features a duo of cops, unwillingly partnered. DI Peter Shaw is the son of a previous partner of DS George Valentine. They have history and it's not looking good for the partnership. Shaw thinks Valentine is past it, and Valentine thinks Shaw is a stuck-up fast tracked college graduate who has got too big for his boots.

The main story is about Harvey Ellis who sits in a line of traffic on an isolated road along the Norfolk coast, trapped by a fallen tree in a snowstorm. At 8:15 p. m., he is discovered stabbed to death, despite having been in full view of the other drivers the whole time, and the fact that no footprints are seen the snow around his vehicle. From this point, the crime gets into effect.

The detectives involve in this case on the same night they find the dead body of another man washed up on a nearby beach. Before they can get to the depth of either mystery, the dead bodies increases up in number and the case becomes more puzzling. Shaw and Valentine are experiencing the untold tension between them resulting from a twelve-year-old case involving a murdered boy which Valentine worked with Shaw’s father, Jack. Valentine and the senior Shaw were accused of planting evidence in that case and Jack eventually died of heartbreak from disappointment.

While handling with all the murders happening on his watch, Peter is re-investigating the cold case that may clear his father’s name and bring the things back to normal. Now the queries arise like Did Peter finds the culprit? Or did he fail to remove the knots?

In short, the author is taking the readers to thrilling stages at the middle of the story and makes them to walk along with the characters involved in the story.

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