This isn't normally a book that I'd leave a review for. I'd just rate it, and go happily about my day. But....since I received it via Netgalley, and feel honor bound. So, here goes. I hated this book. Absolutely despised it. The thing is, it's very well written, and I wanted to know how it would end. Everyone in this book was flawed. Fyfe, the serial cheater cop who ends up being a thief and hiding a crime. 2 priest's who are stealing from the church, and one of them is doing worse than that. Angela..ugh! Everyone! What was worse is there was but one or two moments of humor. I needed more than that, just to lighten the mood. But all it really would have taken, was for these people to have just one saving grace. Some of my favorite people are messed up, but they're f.a.s! I've read tons of flawed characters, who were complete nightmares, but when the book was finished I missed them. Because the author gave them something to endear them somewhat to the reader. This book had none of that. I wouldn't recommend this story to anyone, and I won't be reading this author again. Thanks to Endeavor Press, and Netgalley for a chance to read this book.

David Fyfe was once an investigator of murderous criminals and violent crime, Fyfe has been taken off the frontlines and reassigned to the low-profile Fraud Squad as mistakes from years earlier conspired to condemn him to dull work that he doesn’t much enjoy. He is a dog lover with a wife and mistress to support and an ambition to retire early. His present lifestyle is complicated enough before past indiscretions come back to haunt him.
His enforced distance from solving murders bothers him particularly at the moment, as a series of seemingly drug dealing related murders in the city is all anyone can talk about. Then he’s asked by Chief Constable Sir Duncan Morrison to look into the several hundred thousand dollars missing from the Catholic Church’s accounts, Fyfe expects the job to be another run of the mill job that’s really only meant to sooth the Archbishop’s worries but things aren’t what they seem. There’s links to
racketeering kingpin Gus Barrie, an armed robbery that occurred nearly a decade previously. Then there are women who return from his past
The story drew me in from the start & the pace kept me reading long after I should have been sleeping. The book is well written & the characters well portrayed & although they may not be the most likeable they are certainly intriguing. David is anything but a run of the mill policeman & has quite a few skeletons in his cupboard. I’ll certainly be looking for more books from the author & hope to read more about David too