Death by Dark Waters

Death by Dark Waters by Jo Allen. (The first in the Lake District series, DCI Jude Satterthwaite series.)  Aria: 2019. 320 pages. ****

DCI Jude Satterthwaite, is called to the scene of a fire in the English Lake District. Jude is doing a job he loves in the county where he was born and raised, but job satisfaction comes at a price. His dedication to his career has put his former best friend in prison, which cost him the love of his long-time girlfriend, Becca Reid. Adding to his already complicated life, he tries to look out for his twenty-year-old troublesome younger brother, Mikey. When a body found in the fire turns out to be a twelve-year-old boy, unrecognizable and not reported as missing,  Jude is determined to find out his identity and the killer.

This series holds great promise and I look forward to reading and reviewing the rest of the books. I thought the beginning was a little slow, however, the author was introducing the main characters and their role in the story. 

I received an ecopy for a review. 

Jo has been writing since she could first put pen to paper. Short fiction, long fiction, non-fiction...anything will do to fill a dull moment and give her imagination a little more exercise.

Jo lives in Edinburgh but spends as much time as possible in the Lake District.

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