Buried Crimes: DCI Sophie Allen by Michael Hambling

"This is the 4th book in the saga of DCI Sophie Allan and is by far the best crafted. Not one spelling or syntax error and no errors in continuity which can so mar a reading experience. The story itself is believable and more in tune with how even modern police work is undermined by lack of records after a period of time, in this book's case 20 + years. It has always been the case that sheer leg work plus some intuition and some experience is used in the investigation of crime. The major advantage of reading any of the four books so far from this author, all of which are perfectly OK as starter volumes, is that the story lines and characters intermingle with the investigative process in an excellent way and there is little clue as to how the story will turn out until it actually does although the subtle clues are there. Each character is well described and the reader feels involved with every one of them in a non judgemental way. All the characters have flaws and problems which are dealt with by each character within the storyline. This authors is a master of this and I cannot imagine how he keeps dipping into these various characters so unerringly and consistently throughout the novel...."

'DCI Sophie Allen 시리즈의 4번째 작품이다. 작품에 등장하는 다양한 인물들의 조화로운 묘사가 뛰어난 작품이다. 주인공 Sophie Allen 뿐만 아니라 다른 수사관들의 사건해결에 참여하는 과정, 주인공 가족의 직간접적인 참여, 범인들이나 기타 인물들에 대한 내면적 묘사도 충실하게 다루고 있다. 유아살인이나 성적인 이야기가 중심이지만 작가의 뛰어난 이야기 전개방식 때문에 재밌게 읽을 수 있었다. 이전 작품들처럼 영국식 영어표현에 대한 해설이 부록으로 있다.