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My review.
A killer's legacy by Jim McGhee.
DI Barney Mains Book 3.
A serial killer is executed in a courtroom surrounded by police. Who in their right mind would take such a risk? And why?
Really enjoyable read. I loved Barney and Jean-luc grew on me. I loved Shona too. I hope there is more to come. 4*.
Blurb.
A serial killer is executed in a courtroom surrounded by police.
Who in their right mind would take such a risk? And why?
But in a South of France being torn apart by anti-British protests and deadly wildfires, nothing is as it seems.
Amidst the chaos, DI Barney Mains must somehow distinguish friend from foe.
For he has been landed with the victim's dying wish.
And it's something he just has to do.
Even if it kills him…
This is Book Three in the DI Barney Mains series. Book One, The Detective Wakes, and Book Two, The Major Minor Murders, are also available to read as standalone mysteries or in sequence.
The Series
The starting point for The DI Barney Mains series is the simple belief that everyone deserves a second chance.
For staid Scots Detective Inspector Barney Mains, that opportunity comes during a simple flag-flying exercise in the South of France, in Book One The Detective Wakes.
But his personal journey is in a time and place where the stretching gap between rich and poor is ever more obvious. As the saying goes, the rich get richer and the poor get poorer - and that's been even more true in these pandemic years.
So, we embark on a voyage of self-discovery alongside Barney, in the company of a high-flying young female sidekick and a wise French police Captain in a twisty, entertaining read, spiced up with the odd murder and deliciously corrupt politicians.
The action switches between the UK and France with some abrupt twists as Barney gets drawn into a shocking plot and suddenly finds himself questioning the very system he's defended all his life.
Far from his old desk in a corner of Edinburgh Police HQ, he finds himself at the centre of reforms that could change the Western way of life for good.
In The Major Minor Murders, Barney has resigned from the force in protest over political interference and he's living the dream as an artist on the French Riviera. Until, that is, he learns that his estranged criminal brother is on the run from a murder charge back in Edinburgh.
Again, Barney and friends must lock horns with a crooked member of the privileged elite, not to mention two particularly ruthless killers, in this fast-paced race against time.
Despite the drama however, there's time to re-evaluate relationships in his troubled family and hopefully find a way to bury the past.
Then, in A Killer Legacy, the courtroom slaying of a hitman leads to Barney being landed with the victim's mysterious last wish. In a South of France being torn apart by wildfires and anti-British protests, he inherits information too hot to handle.
All he has to do is stay alive long enough to share it with the world...