The Scent of Guilt

DI Bliss, Book 2

Twelve years after he left Peterborough under a cloud, DI Bliss returns to the city and the major crimes team. Having spent years policing organised crime, Bliss is plunged straight into the heart of a serial murder investigation.

Meanwhile, Penny Chandler has been promoted to DS and has been working in London on the Met’s sexual crimes team. But when two rapes are reported on her old patch in Peterborough, Chandler volunteers to interview the victims. Chandler joins the hunt for the attacker and soon notices a possible link between the rapes and Bliss’ murder investigation. Could the same man be responsible?

Just as both cases seem to stall, a call comes in from an ex-policeman who knows of unsolved cases in the USA with a similar MO. Bliss finds himself travelling to California to hunt for a killer whose reach may have stretched further than anyone could possibly imagine. But in order to catch the murderer, Bliss must discover the killer’s motive. A motive which should have remained buried in the past...

©2017 Tony J Forder (P)2018 W. F. Howes Ltd

Keeps you interested right to the end

I love Crime Mystery I would recommend this book I am looking forward to reading more by this Author.

Great Continuation of DI Bliss Series

After reading other reviews, I have to agree that the American accents do not do the story or the American characters justice. However, the rest of the performance is as solid as the first book and the story is compelling. Mr. Forder is a talented author and has solid heroes in DI Jimmy Bliss and DS Penny Chandler. Get past the bad American accents and you will find a good procedural cop story.

Almost funny...

Ok the story wasn’t funny but when the trip to CA came up I couldn’t help but laugh. I actually lost the plot at that point being so cracked up by the John Wayne accent for Leary and the slow speech of the female detective as though she were challenged in some way. Then the hysterical misuse of CA. slang, when Bliss was planning to “hook up”, with Leary. Also, Tony Forder has clearly never dealt with law enforcement in CA. The guys in the truck would have had much more than a little talking to. Other than that section, I thought it was well done and enjoyed the story.

Love this series

Intelligent characters & great story lines. I’ve read the first two for free- what a bonus for hours of entertainment. I enjoy British detective series. Also check out DI Barton series.

Good story, annoying main character

Basically a good story but the main character drives me crazy. The stories would be much better without the long introspective narratives where the author describes Bliss’s inner tormented thoughts over and over and over...

I like the scenes with all the cops working together and bantering and figuring out the mysteries. I’d like to see more of that and less of Bliss’s depressing inner thoughts