The Pain of Strangers - CSI Eddie Collins Book
Formats: E-Book, Paperback, Hardback
Ages: 18+
Youths disappearing from the streets. Smashed bodies ejected into the River Aire. And CSI Eddie Collins is about to find out how they died.
Abandoned by a cruel wife and tormented by a hateful boss, the only thing keeping CSI Eddie Collins sane is his job. When a dead youth is found on a Leeds street, the trail leads him to a killer adept at disposing of those who don’t deserve anything better. And sometimes that includes unfortunate police officers who get too close.
Eddie finds himself on the killer’s wrong side, forced to watch as a colleague slowly dies in a vicious trap. The only way to save him is to make a deal – deliver the killer’s real target.
The most dangerous deal is the one you can't refuse.
The Pain of Strangers is the first in the series of gripping crime thrillers featuring everyone's favourite CSI, Eddie Collins, and one that will keep you captive to the very last page.
Reviews
The criminal in this case is a very deranged but cunning guy and has created a murder weapon that is almost a character in and of itself. We get a glimpse of it early on and it got creepier and more terrifying as we learned more and more details as the book progressed. Then there is a wannabe gangster who is so stupid the crime scene he leaves can only be described as a bloody mess and you’ll be laughing and shaking your head at what he requests his boss get for him!
This author never lets me down. I have read quite a number of his books, not just Eddie Collins ones either. He writes in such an authentic way that I am gripped from the first page. His job gives his novels a realism that many others miss by a mile.
The Pain of Strangers takes us right back in time... Right back to the beginning, he is married and, for the first time, meets DS Tom Benson from the Major Crimes Unit. Eddie is called out to a burglary, but that's just the beginning, and it's the beginning of something he isn't expecting. Well, for the people who have already been introduced to our 'charming' Eddie, you all know it what to expect. If you are a new reader...start here, then go and buy every single book Andrew Barrett has written with Eddie Collins. You will read this book and be addicted to keeping up with Eddie. This author never lets me down. I have read quite a number of his books, not just Eddie Collins ones either. He writes in such an authentic way that I am gripped from the first page. His job gives his novels a realism that many others miss by a mile. I thoroughly enjoyed seeing Eddie in his younger days as he juggled married life, parenthood, and his work. I also noted sarcasm and rudeness wasn't any lower on his agenda as it is in his present life, and I was so glad to see it! The Pain of Strangers is as gripping, gory, at times (it is Andrew Barrett) and twisty as it can be. This is a brilliant beginning to the C.S.I Eddie Collins series, which helps to slot characters into place for readers who have read the rest of them already. For those who haven't yet, it is a great foundation for the series. Again, a belting read for anyone who loves a realistic and well written police procedural with characters that are almost as real as me and you.
