Mum's Monday: Angels Passing by Graham Hurley

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I want to say that this book starts by ‘Hitting the ground running’ but in truth the poor girl has hit the ground face up. This is a strong start, also quickly swapping to another story line of a possible break-in planned.

I can see how a CCTV system could be useful and I like how much possible evidence you can get from a mobile phone, more, if not too many people have handled it.

It is sad but true most things just come down to money/a budget, but that is life. Also it is tragic yet intriguing to hear Helen’s mother talk about her daughter, what she says is a clever piece of writing in its simplicity but says a lot in the nature of the case.

This is not a fast paced story/book and I am personally finding it hard to get into. However, I do, and I am determined to read this book because one, it is a good intriguing story and two, it is set in Portsmouth, a place I have visited. I am also hoping that it does mention the ‘Dockyard’ and Nelson’s ship The Victory and King Henry the 8th Tudor war ship the Mary Rose, as I have seen both and would relate to that particular area of Portsmouth.

It is nice to read about the concert, it is nice after the bleakness of the investigation to read a light-hearted part sadly, the twist comes as a shock, Faraday’s relationship isn’t all that it seems.

With the person hanging from the tree, it is interesting to read that the branch will be sawn off and the grooves from the rope analysed. This book is very/extremely thorough.

Winter got more than he should have when breaking bad news to the hanged victims' family. I hope that not following correct police procedures yield results. I also don’t like what Sullivan said to Winter, clearly not knowing anything of his private life. Following on I am now glad that Sullivan now knows about Winter’s personal life.

I had forgot about the message portrayed at Bradley Finch’s murder. Whoever it was meant to say it seems to have worked. Now all we need to find out, as the reader of the book, exactly what the message was and what it means or to the people who are not talking. This book is now becoming cleverly intriguing.

With all that is going on, all I am interested in is who is the father. It is nice to read that it isn’t a person in authority. I do however, have my suspicions it could be one of three people although I one may be too young. I think, only think, I may have solved the cases,  are they linked? I am not sure yet. If I am right then it is all tangled up.

It is amusing to read about Sullivan on a piece of equipment at the Gym. it is nice to read a bit of light-heartedness amongst all the dark investigations. 

Although I find the investigations slow, they are extremely thorough and meticulously carried out. Now after a slow and the fact that I couldn’t seem to get into this book, or it did take a while, I find that my pace of reading the story has quickened and the intrigue also continues.

I certainly do not agree with where Helen’s investigation is going and I do not agree that about the name that was mentioned and what was written after. This part should not be included at all, it is totally unnecessary. I can even see how the case could be solved without this part in the fact it actually has nothing to do with the case but funding for the police force. This part goes too far and not in a good way.

Chapter seventeen ends with an unexpected visitor. I just hope J-J tells his father about who turned up, as a connection could be useful. I just hope it plays out as I feel it needs to, the kid sounds evil.

Who was found at the old cinema was a shock. The police, I believe, are getting close to finding the person of interest to them.

Although the story is played out the way it is, I do agree to that when you are at a loss, go back to the beginning. What Faraday finds might just solve both cases. I feel, if I am right, that the two cases have just clashed/merged together. That is, with so much happening, I have remembered correctly where the curtains actually are.

That is a shock, I can think of better things to hand to a woman in her early sixties at 2am in the morning or even a better time to pop round for a visit and hand over anything, or a dangerous gun, it shouldn’t be just leaning against the sofa either, not with an young child in the house either.

It is sad to notice that it is hard to make personal plans outside of work when working in the police force. I knew it could be a heavy workload but it is still sad to read plans dashed for now anyway. It high-lights that working for the police is not just a job it is a lifestyle, a calling and takes a certain robust, flexible nature in a person to make a good career in the police.

I was right the two cases collided, and it has nothing to do with curtains, and showed what a tangled mess the police could be up against when trying to solve cases.