This is the twelfth book In Ray Clark’s IMP… series featuring DI Stewart Gardener and DS Sean Reilly, set in and around Leeds. I have enjoyed each one.
In Improper, Clark’s detective is faced with his most challenging case yet. A young actress, Sonia Markham, is found dead in her luxury apartment by her flat-mate and best friend, Jodie Thomson. To all intents and purposes, it looks like and open and shut case: death by natural causes. However something doesn’t feel right and Gardener is determined to go with his gut feeling and keep the case open. Jodie points the DI’s interest in the direction of a well-known drug dealer. But does she have her own agenda? And if so, what? And who is the mystery man Sonia was seen kissing in a nightclub?
If you like police procedurals, Ray Clark’s series is for you. Perfectly plotted with great attention to detail, characterisation and backstory, DI Gardener’s meticulous investigation reveals far more than he and his colleagues could ever have expected – building to an explosive and chilling climax worthy of the best of thrillers!
Although a series, the books can be read as standalones. Published by The Book Folk and available from bookshops and Amazon .