AHMM, September 2012 by Dell Magazine Authors

Author:Dell Magazine Authors
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Mystery/Crime
Publisher: Dell Magazines

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Department: BOOKED & PRINTED

by Robert C. Hahn

What can compare to the pleasure of discovery? To the joy of reading an author's debut novel and finding a unique voice and talent? And if that new author comes with authority in terms of subject matter, so much the better. This month we consider three debut crime novels by writers who write what they know; that is, their professional backgrounds include exposure to or experience with law and law enforcement.

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Elizabeth Haynes has served as an intelligence analyst for police in England, trying to determine patterns in criminal behavior that could be used to direct resources effectively. Her debut novel, Into the Darkest Corner (Harper, $24.99) is a chilling look at domestic violence.

At the beginning of this skillfully constructed novel, Lee Brightman is being questioned in court about his relationship with Catherine Bailey and denying that he harmed her. That brief court transcript doesn't include a verdict but it sets the stage for Haynes to compile two contrasting portraits of the same person. Before Brightman, a happy, outgoing Catherine Bailey enjoys clubbing with her girlfriends, drinking, dancing and occasionally hooking up with someone. Post-Brightman, Cathy Bailey is a frightened, obsessive-compulsive woman who shuns social contact and cannot leave her flat without checking five or six times that the door is properly locked. Haynes builds both pictures piece by piece as if the reader is seeing not one but two puzzles assembled simultaneously.

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