"No Mercy" a Delightful Romp Through Mayhem

I’ve wanted to check out Wendy Cartmell’s Sergeant Major
Crane mystery series for some time. After all, we both write about military
criminal investigators. Wendy’s is an investigator for the British Army’s
Special Investigative Branch, the English version of the U.S. Army’s Criminal
Investigative Division. My protagonist is a special agent for the U.S. Naval
Criminal Investigative Service. So when Wendy sent me a tweet asking me to
check out her book No Mercy, I jumped at it.

No Mercy is a collection of short stories, including the
Sergeant Major Crane story that gives the book its title. It also includes
samples of several of Wendy’s Crane novels. Wendy writes with a clear pen and a
sharp eye for detail, both for police procedure and military life (the latter
she learned as the wife of a career soldier). She has a wicked wit for devising
plots, especially plot in which some deserving soul gets his just reward. God
help you if you’re an abusive husband!

No Mercy is a delightful romp through murder and mayhem, and
a great introduction to Sergeant Major Crane. As we say in the naval service,
Bravo Zulu, Wendy Cartmell.