I am delighted to share my review today for The Honourable Rogue by Tony Forder.
I adore this authors books and if you are a fan of crime, thriller and police procedurals, then this is a series you really need to have on your list.
This is the 13th book in the DI Bliss series. I have reviewed this book in an unbiased way, my opinions and thoughts are my own.
A crew of cowboy builders take things too far when an attempt at theft results in a violent murder. Bliss is drawn in as SIO and leads the team in tracking down the gang. However, the best laid plans are sometimes not quite good enough, and when the four men scatter further lives are lost.
Meanwhile, somebody Bliss once put away and who remains in prison has information for him. What he has to say leads to a cold case in which the daughter of a local villain was found murdered, her supposed killer thought to be on the run for the past ten years. But while somebody has confessed to his involvement on that fateful night, all is not as it seems, and the team are led to conclusions they would rather not consider.
As the two investigations come to the boil, Bliss questions his own priorities and fears both cases may be slipping from his grasp. Because the more the teams learn the less they understand, and further acts of violence are never far away.
MY REVIEW
This is the 13th book in the series and once again the author has created another addictive thriller. Bliss is still getting used to his new role running the cold case team as well as being an unwarranted officer and helping as an SIO.
This story has something different to it as far as Bliss goes, and I think it shows his vulnerability a little bit as he has to face the past. If you have read this series you will be aware of his past, and how he feels about certain things. The author tackled this in a way I didn’t expect, but as I sit here writing this, it felt so right.
By tackling something from the past, it gives Bliss what he needs for looking at the cold case of a murdered girl. It is one that has very few clues and his cold case team are not going to get many straight answers given the history of the girls family.
One of his teams officers, Gul, is attacked when she visits one her neighbour’s is scammed out of money from cowboy builders. This makes it personal for Bliss and his team in Peterborough. So, not having one personal based storyline, the author throws in another. Each has to be tackled individually and yet he has to stay professional.
This is another brilliant book and one that I adored. As always, the author does give the background information needed for those new to the series, but the real dynamics of the two respective teams have been and are still being laid out. This is the second story with Bliss and the cold case, but still having his foot in the door as an SIO along with Penny and the others still feels right for this character.
The cases are different but they are well balanced, there is plenty to keep this reader guessing and wondering how things were going to work out. This is a story about the two separate cases but I think, because of its more personal touch, the author gets into the soul of Bliss. Having characters that can support him makes sense as Bliss comes to accept life as it is.
This is a fabulous one in the series, it is one for those who like established police procedural, crime and thriller series. It is a brilliant book and series and one I would definitely recommend.
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