Someone's Little Angel

by Jamie Ford

Who could be worse than Fred and Rosemary West, Robert Black or Ian Brady and Myra Hindley? Meet Brenda, Fat Alec and Gregor Zimmel, then decide. Follow Chief Superintendent Dan Kernick as he unravels a horrific child exploitation ring. When the shoes of a girl, abducted two years ago, are found at the scene of a horrific double murder, an international police investigation is launched. Chief Superintendent Dan Kernick is reluctant to take on the case but dispatches a team to review the original investigation, while he and his sergeant fly to Austria to unravel why the missing girl's shoes have been discovered there. As the twin strands of the investigation unfold, child exploitation rings in England and mainland Europe are linked to the abductions and deaths of missing children. Set in the North of England and the Austrian Tyrol, this is a hard hitting story, with explicit descriptions of the inhuman treatment of victims, uncovering a world where those victims and the perpetrators of horrific crimes are tied inexorably together, in a web of cruelty, suffering, and perverse sexual gratification.

526 pages, Kindle Edition

Published November 14, 2020

Reviews

[Sam McCarthy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Ugly and Thrilling in Equal Parts

It’s one of those things you must accept for what it is when deciding to read this book. If you’re not prepared for the graphic and deeply unpleasant world this story takes place in, read something else. If those things don’t prove too much to bear, you might find yourself more invested in the plot - as if the stakes are so much higher considering how bad the bad guys are, and what they do. That is how I found this book. I enjoyed it, I’m glad I read it. I’m also glad the author took care to give fair warning what to expect.

[Science Education]

Fast paced, edgy thriller. Not for the faint hearted.