Hell To Pay - Shaun Hutson > Reviews

Advantages: A fine book from a fine British Author
Disadvantages: Not one

...the same world is a hell and a heaven” In the quiet idyll of Kingsfield three separate lives are heading for a collision course with potentially disastrous consequences. Detective Inspector Alan Fielding is baffled when the body of a young boy is washed up on the shores of the local reservoir. There are no signs of abuse or mistreatment just one puncture wound where a fatal dose of heroin has been injected, the same as in two previous child deaths ... Read review

Advantages: Hutson back on form
Disadvantages: None

...plane/beach/at the villa/etcetera. I spotted Hell To Pay in a rack of paperbacks. I decided to give it a go. What did I have to lose? It's free to borrow from the library, so if it's rubbish; c'est la vie. It wasn't rubbish. It was great. A return to form. A return to the good old days of sex and violence, troubled maverick coppers and underlying supernatural terror. Here's a summary of the plot and characters: DI Alan Fielding is investigating ... Read review