Killing the Beasts: Death Moves Among Us

by Chris Simms

Book Overview

The Commonwealth Games are coming to town and the city is alive with possibilities. Caught up in the commercial feeding frenzy is Tom Benwell, account manager at an advertising firm. The pressure is... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1544064861
• ISBN13: 9781544064864
• Release Date: April 2017
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 354 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.0" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

A perceptive and absorbing whodunnit

Jon Spicer is pulled off a long running car theft operation to lead the hunt for the killer of Polly Mather. His chance to prove he can cut the mustard. Soon more bodies are discovered and Jon is desperate to find a link between the murders. Meanwhile he wonders about his old friend Tom Benwell. Tom works for an advertising agency and is unexpectedly promoted as the pressure builds for advertising opportunities around Manchester city centre during the run up to The Commonwealth Games. The story all takes place in 2002 but the chapters swap between the Autumn (the present) and earlier in the year. Although it took me a few chapters to get used to the time swapping, once I had, it worked really well and is very necessary to the story. Simms specialises in damaged and disturbed characters and whether you're creeped out, sympathetic to, or repulsed by them...he certainly makes them realistic. His 'normal' characters are well written too. I liked DI Jon Spicer. A rugby man (Spicer the Slicer) who enjoys his job, loves his girlfriend, but isn't infallible. A story that gives you a disturbing but very believable glimpse of madness alongside an engrossing crime investigation.