Graham Ison (–2020)

politics, politicians, infidelities, mafia, FBI, London, procedural, entitled-attitude, actors, working-partners, law-enforcement, due-diligence, cooperation, snarky, sly-humor, multiple-murder, mystery, suspense, friends, friendship, racketeer, hereditary-peer, investigations*****

Scotland Yard DCI Harry Brock and DS Dave Poole and Aussie native DI Kate Evden begin with the investigation of the daylight shooting of a peer and end up with a FBI Agent Joe Daly working on the task of extraditing a mafia assassin back to NYC. Excellent snarkfest!
Narration by Damian Lynch was very good at differentiating people and snarks. And that's a good thing!
#BrockAndPooleMysteriesBk8… (més)

london, procedural, working-partners, snarky, law-enforcement, sly-humor, mystery, suspense, friends, cooperation, due-diligence, blue-squad, movies, pictures, international-crimes, entitled-attitude

DI Brock and DS Poole work with the rest of their team on what turns out to be sequential murders. What a tangle of 'artists' and 'film artists' along with some other odd folks, including one needing extradition! Delightful read.
Narration by Damian Lynch was very good at differentiating people and snarks. And that's a good thing!
#BrockAndPooleMysteriesBk7… (més)

London, procedural, law-enforcement, working-partners, snarky, infidelities, sly-humor, smuggling, mystery, suspense, lifestyles, friends, cooperation, due-diligence*****
Murder in Heathrow car park at Christmas leads the team on an investigation that is far from merry.
The wealthy woman leaves a surprising will, a weird tangle of business goings on and two different smuggling schemes. Amazing rendering of due diligence in this creative fiction!
Narration by Damian Lynch was very good at differentiating people and snarks. And that's a good thing!… (més)