Friday, January 22, 2016

Taken for Dead

Taken for Dead by Graham Masterton  384 pp.

Irish detective Katie Maguire is one of Ireland's best but she finds herself up against a cruel gang of kidnappers/blackmailers/torturers/murderers, an unknown police insider feeding information to the criminals, and a supervisor who has made it very clear he wants her gone from his department. The gang, calling itself The High Kings of Erin, is kidnapping small business owners for ransom. Even when the ransom is paid the victims suffer torture and death.  In addition to trying to solve the crime, Katie gets involved with the new couple next door, a womanizing, wife-abusing veterinarian and his wife. There is lots of blood, guts, and gore in this tale which isn't surprising from this author.

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