Untainted Blood - Liz Mistry
About the Book
In a city that is already volatile, tensions mount after
a Tory MP in Bradford Central is discredited leaving the door open for the
extreme right-wing candidate, Graeme Weston, to stand in the resultant
by-election.
However, Graeme Weston is not what he appears to be
and with secrets jeopardising his political career, he must tread very
carefully.
Meanwhile, a serial killer targets Asian men who
lead alternatives lifestyles and delivers his own form of torture.
As DI Gus McGuire’s team close in, the deranged
killer begins to unravel and in an unexpected twist the stakes are raised for
Gus.
Are the murders linked to the political scandals or
is there another motive behind them?
DI Gus McGuire and his team are back and this might
be their toughest case yet.
My Review
DI Gus McGuire is back in the
next instalment and quite a controversial topic.
The story centres around Graham
Weston, who is a right-wing extremist and an active frontman for Bradford Fist
and active group who want to remove all the black, Asians etc and leave
Bradford as a white community.
We are treated to Gus
investigating the murder of an Asian man, left in a cruel way with what appears
to be a signature mark left on the body.
Gus in the beginning struggles to
conduct the investigation after losing Sadie and Alice’s injury. His team members are working as well as they
can but they know that Gus isn’t his usual self. We also have a new person introduced to the
team who we get to slowly know little bits about called Taffy.
The case ends up becoming quite
personal for Gus and very close to home for him and his team including his boss
Nancy help to investigate.
All in all I found this book to
be a thoroughly enjoyable read and better than book 2 which I’ve recently
read. This was more on par with the
first book Unquiet Souls.
About the Author
I am a crime writer based in
Bradford but originally from West Calder in Scotland. I studied at Stirling
University and taught in Bradford inner-city Primary schools for many years. I
write gritty crime fiction drawing on the richness of Bradford's diverse
cultures and my writing is heavily influenced by Tartan Noir writers such as,
Stuart MacBride, Ian Rankin and Val McDermid. I completed an MA in Creative
Writing at the brilliant Leeds Trinity University. I currently have three
novels published: Unquiet Souls (my debut novel) and Uncoiled Lies and
Untainted Blood. I look forward to writing many more featuring my main
character DI Gus (Angus) McGuire and his team. I am co-founder and lead blogger
with The Crime Warp Blog
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