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A Police Officer to believe in If you are new to Stuart Pawson's series of books about DI Charlie Priest you are in for a treat. Limestone Cowboy is full of Yorkshire humour but also is full of believable stories and characters that will make you smile then make you shudder at the darker elements of the human psyche.
Another Novel in the DI Charlie Priest Series
Stuart Pawson had a career as a mining engineer, followed by a spell working for the probation service, before he became a full-time writer. He lives in the village of Fairburn, in Yorkshire only about four or five miles from where I live myself. A place I regularly visit to look at the bird sanctuary there with all the water birds and a welcome pint in the Bay Horse. DI Charlie Priest is good at his job and he knows it. A typical Yorkshireman in his thinking. while things are quiet on the job... more info
Classic Crime This is a very good book. You really feel as if the characters are real people and the situations they find themselves in seem really true to life. I think it helps that they are shown solving mundane crimes along the way. It shows this could be a real police station as they haven't just got the big murders to solve. All in all this is a great read.
Terrific read! I strongly recommend this ninth outing of Detective Inspector Charlie Priest. Priest is involved in several inquiries, including food tampering at a large grocery store chain, illegal dog fighting, and knicker-nicking from backyard washlines. At the same time he is trying to romance his latest love interest, whose warning that she has "baggage" turns out to be a huge understatement. Priest's dry humor and witty observations make him an endearing character. For those of you unfamiliar with this fine series,... more info
