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The Poisoner
Joshua Chavender takes up his new post as Detective Chief Inspector of the Middleshire Constabulary, moving his wife and four daughters with him. Whilst still settling in - and accidentally poisoning his family with a prawn curry - a series of mysterious deaths, which seem as though they can be attributed to natural causes at first, begin to occur. With his team, DCI Chavender investigates, and comes to some interesting conclusions.
237 pages, Kindle Edition
Published October 26, 2016
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December 5, 2017
Well there is certainly a little bit of an embarrassing start for highly decorated DCI Joshua Chavender when he takes up his new position in the Middleshire Constabulary, as he poisons his family and puts them all in hospital. It isn’t the coolest entrance he could make. It was of course accidental but even so moving to a relatively gentle paced countryside position, in comparison to the city, it isn’t something his colleagues will ever forget.
When the number of sudden deaths begin to rise in the area DCI Chavender has that special extra something, that second sense that rings alarm bells in his head. He may be new but he is one determined bloke that pushes for an investigation into finding out if there are any links between the increasing body count victims and how someone could possibly murder them leaving no obvious trace behind.
Now although Chavender is a solid DCI he really hasn’t much of a clue how to act round women. Don’t get me wrong here, his wife Tiff is a real beauty with a bit of a past he would prefer kept hidden from his men at the station. He doesn’t quite rule the roost at home, especially in a household of 5 females! Tiff is sweet and loving but not someone to cross. When Miss Blaise, a reporter after an exclusive, gets the hots for Chavender, Tiff soon brings her to heel. Tiff knows how to get her way and put her foot down without arguing. She is my favourite character in the story.
Chavender for me is a little on the soft side but he gets the job done. He thinks of himself as a bit of a Sherlock Holmes, but with a wife and 4 daughters. He is methodical and fits into the already established team brilliantly. There were just one or two things that I sort of thought would that happen? Would he really do that? A second book could be interesting to see how he develops. The core of the story I really enjoyed, a good plot and a bad guy that was plausible. All in all a really good story I hope there is a follow on.
When the number of sudden deaths begin to rise in the area DCI Chavender has that special extra something, that second sense that rings alarm bells in his head. He may be new but he is one determined bloke that pushes for an investigation into finding out if there are any links between the increasing body count victims and how someone could possibly murder them leaving no obvious trace behind.
Now although Chavender is a solid DCI he really hasn’t much of a clue how to act round women. Don’t get me wrong here, his wife Tiff is a real beauty with a bit of a past he would prefer kept hidden from his men at the station. He doesn’t quite rule the roost at home, especially in a household of 5 females! Tiff is sweet and loving but not someone to cross. When Miss Blaise, a reporter after an exclusive, gets the hots for Chavender, Tiff soon brings her to heel. Tiff knows how to get her way and put her foot down without arguing. She is my favourite character in the story.
Chavender for me is a little on the soft side but he gets the job done. He thinks of himself as a bit of a Sherlock Holmes, but with a wife and 4 daughters. He is methodical and fits into the already established team brilliantly. There were just one or two things that I sort of thought would that happen? Would he really do that? A second book could be interesting to see how he develops. The core of the story I really enjoyed, a good plot and a bad guy that was plausible. All in all a really good story I hope there is a follow on.
January 9, 2018
Disclaimer:A Huge Thanks to Olympia Publishers for providing me with a review copy. My thought, opinions and feelings expressed in this review are, however my own!
This was definitely an eye opener for me – you expect that with a mystery book, you will get a fast paced; but this wasn’t fast – paced at all – what it was, was reminiscent of the small towns, the slow, languid pace of those towns, where we city people go to relax.
DCI Joshua Chavender is a highly decorated cop transferred to a new position in the Middleshire Constabulary, but gets off to an embarrassing start when he poisons his family – his wife (with a scandalous past!) and his daughters; which in a town with it’s slow pace, he knows his colleagues will never let him forget it!
DCI Joshua is a solid cop; but he is definitely awkward around woman, even a woman like his wife, who he still can’t believe a woman as beautiful as his wife agreed to marry him – so this definitele makes up for a wonderfully hilarious monologues.
When a sudden increase in deaths occur, it’s DCI Joshua who believes that there is something extra, something sinister to these deaths and that’s what gets him going.
The pace of the book is slow, as I said before, but somehow it worked for me as a reader, I took my time, with the MC, to pursue the justice and it was fun to watch this awkward as heck DCI try and be firm and stubborn when it came to his personal and professional life!
It’s a highly entertaining read, but cautionary tale: read it when you are in a mellow mood and are not in for something that is full of action!
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