If you follow my posts, you will know that the Slim Hardy series is one of my favorites. I just finished Slow Train, Slim Hardy Mystery Series #4.
About: "On the evening of Saturday, January 15th, 1977, a local commuter train is delayed at a small village station by a freak blizzard. Young nurse Jennifer Evans, keen to get back to her family, plans to walk the last couple of miles to her home in a neighbouring village. She phones her daughter to confirm that she’s on her way, but she never arrives home.
In the ensuing police investigation, no trace of Jennifer Evans is ever found. The only evidence is a photograph taken by a fellow passenger of footprints in the snow in front of Holdergate station.
It appears someone was fleeing for their life….
Contacted by Jennifer’s daughter, at first it seems private investigator John “Slim” Hardy has no chance of solving a forty-two-year-old mystery. But as the case begins to unravel, Slim finds himself caught in the centre of a whirlwind which will send him spinning to a dramatic conclusion."
This story finds Slim personally doing better than he was. He has an office now and a secretary/assistant and some money coming in. But he is still haunted by his past and is always fighting those demons; his time as a soldier, his disgrace and the alcohol.
Slim spends a couple of weeks in the village of Holdergate, interviewing people that worked at the train station, and the police chief at the time of Jennifer's disappearance. Slim also meets a young woman who works at a pub name Lia. Her friend's great uncle was the station master at the time. Slim and Lia start spending time with each other. She seems to like him for who he is.
The story moves quickly as Slim gets more and more small pieces of information about the night of Jennifer's disappearance. There are pictures a boy with a new camera took. Sightings. Urban legends. Secrets.
Slim slowly but surely unravels what happened to Jennifer.
I like how Slim doesn't reveal to the reader what he is thinking anymore than he tells anyone else. The suspense builds as he works it out to reveal a really good ending.
I really recommend this series. If you like cold case mysteries you will like the Slim Hardy series.
I am anxious to read the next book in the series, anxious to see how Slim continues to take two steps forward and one step back, book by book and to see if anything more develops with Lia. Despite Slim's flaws, you will find yourself rooting for him. While you wouldn't have to start with the first book, I would recommend it. They are all really good.
If you are a person that likes Audible, books one and two are available with book three coming out on audible soon.
The Man by the Sea #1
The Clockmakers Secret - #2
The Gameskeeper - #3
http://www.amillionmilesfromanywhere.net/tokyolost.html
I received an advanced reader copy and voluntarily provided a review.
About: "On the evening of Saturday, January 15th, 1977, a local commuter train is delayed at a small village station by a freak blizzard. Young nurse Jennifer Evans, keen to get back to her family, plans to walk the last couple of miles to her home in a neighbouring village. She phones her daughter to confirm that she’s on her way, but she never arrives home.
In the ensuing police investigation, no trace of Jennifer Evans is ever found. The only evidence is a photograph taken by a fellow passenger of footprints in the snow in front of Holdergate station.
It appears someone was fleeing for their life….
Contacted by Jennifer’s daughter, at first it seems private investigator John “Slim” Hardy has no chance of solving a forty-two-year-old mystery. But as the case begins to unravel, Slim finds himself caught in the centre of a whirlwind which will send him spinning to a dramatic conclusion."
This story finds Slim personally doing better than he was. He has an office now and a secretary/assistant and some money coming in. But he is still haunted by his past and is always fighting those demons; his time as a soldier, his disgrace and the alcohol.
Slim spends a couple of weeks in the village of Holdergate, interviewing people that worked at the train station, and the police chief at the time of Jennifer's disappearance. Slim also meets a young woman who works at a pub name Lia. Her friend's great uncle was the station master at the time. Slim and Lia start spending time with each other. She seems to like him for who he is.
The story moves quickly as Slim gets more and more small pieces of information about the night of Jennifer's disappearance. There are pictures a boy with a new camera took. Sightings. Urban legends. Secrets.
Slim slowly but surely unravels what happened to Jennifer.
I like how Slim doesn't reveal to the reader what he is thinking anymore than he tells anyone else. The suspense builds as he works it out to reveal a really good ending.
I really recommend this series. If you like cold case mysteries you will like the Slim Hardy series.
I am anxious to read the next book in the series, anxious to see how Slim continues to take two steps forward and one step back, book by book and to see if anything more develops with Lia. Despite Slim's flaws, you will find yourself rooting for him. While you wouldn't have to start with the first book, I would recommend it. They are all really good.
If you are a person that likes Audible, books one and two are available with book three coming out on audible soon.
The Man by the Sea #1
The Clockmakers Secret - #2
The Gameskeeper - #3
http://www.amillionmilesfromanywhere.net/tokyolost.html
I received an advanced reader copy and voluntarily provided a review.
These sound good. I'll have to keep them in mind and remember they are available on audio.
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