Book info

• Title The Murder Map
• Author Danny Miller
• Year 2019
• Genre Mystery

When art dealer Ivan Fielding is found dead of a heart attack in his home, surrounded by the treasures he’s collected all his life, it doesn’t initially seem like a case for Detective Inspector Frost and the Denton police force. But then signs of a burglary are discovered, and Frost senses there’s more to the story than meets the eye – even though the only thing taken was a worthless amateur painting. Then a young girl is abducted outside the school, an infamous gangster fresh from prison arrives in the area, and dead bodies start turning up in the woods. As Frost and his team dig deeper, everything seems to lead back to Ivan Fielding’s murky lifetime of misdeeds. Will they find the answers they need before the dead man’s past puts them all at risk?

Thoughts

Finally up to date with these Inspector Frost prequels, I don’t know if there will be any more books, I guess we’re butting up against the existing stories now. This was a good read, not quite as enjoyable as the last one but a good contender. The stories wound in and out of each other and it was fun to try and follow - I did find the characters a bit confusing and sometimes indistinguishable which didn’t help - but as always the personal elements of the story drove it all along to a satisfying conclusion.

Rating: 3 / 5