Jairus’ Sacrifice

by Mark Yarwood

Product descriptionA MURDERED JOURNALIST. A ROGUE DETECTIVE. A DEADLY CONSPIRACY…Jairus isn’t a policeman anymore and it’s killing him. His whole world has collapsed after being investigated for murder, twice. Cleared, but off the force, he spends his days drinking and trying to fathom what went wrong. Then he gets offered a deal from the devil.Douglas Burdock, son of a much despised media baron, asks Jairus to look into the closed brutal murder of a journalist, suspecting a cover-up. If Jairus solves the case, then Burdock will use his father’s influence to get him back on the force. But nothing’s that simple.Jairus’ investigation leads him into a dark and sinister world of secrets and a mysterious organisation determined to stop him. But it’s when the case leads him towards more murders and back into his own dark history that things really start to get horrific, and push Jairus towards making the ultimate sacrifice.Reader Reviews⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️“…Full of the darkest, most twisted and heart wrenching material that keeps you gripped right to the end.”⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️“Great crime thriller, a book to sink into and enjoy with dark twists and turns as the author leads the reader down a dark path...It’s a great tale full of darkness and the kind of pulse racing suspense that makes Mark Yarwood's books so addictive...unputdownable!”⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️“I know it's a cliché but this really is a page turner and I found myself finishing the whole thing in two days. It pretty much has all the ingredients of a perfect crime thriller, tension, suspense, intrigue, plot twists and double-crossing left right and center.”MEET DCI JAIRUSDCI JAIRUS is a damaged, brutal and clever detective who is haunted by his past. He’s also willing to do whatever it takes to get the job done right, which often means doing the wrong thing. Cleared of murdering a suspect, and finding himself out of a job, he struggles to find a way back onto the force. But will getting his life back mean he’ll have to make a deal with the devil himself?

499 pages, Kindle Edition

Published June 14, 2018

Reviews

[Robyn · Rating 5 out of 5]

The prologue is a delicious taste of the book to follow. I know it's a cliché but this really is a page turner and I found myself finishing the whole thing in two days. It pretty much has all the ingredients of a perfect crime thriller, tension, suspense, intrigue, plot twists and double-crossing left right and center. Not to mention mysterious names on a dead man's computer, a hidden phone, Satanic cults, the computer hacker that comes to the rescue and the all important question, can Jairus really find the cops that can be trusted? There's a ton of dialogue, which I love, but some of the colloquial conversation and slang words will be tough for the non-English reader. I did appreciate the gritty one liners that sound natural and roll off Jairus' tongue (be warned that this is adult content). The sub plot with Tom is very much in the vein of Silas from The Da Vinci Code, but the indestructible long suffering main character definitely has his own identity.
Just saying, if I was Helen, I would have saved the shoes.
I'm a fan and await the next instalment in the series!

[andy mason · Rating 4 out of 5]

Hard to put down.

I would really like to have given this a full 5 star rating, as once into the story I found it extremely hard to put down.
But, and there is always a but. I found the last few chapters lost its way from the strength of the story that went before it.
I would definitely recommend this book to read and see if you agree with me.