Review: Murder Never Retires

Murder Never Retires by Faith Martin
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Hillary has returned to town after retiring and spending a year and a half on her narrow boat plying the canals of England. She is not in a relationship, is closer now to 50 and isn't sure what her next step should be. Donleavy, her old Supt always knew what she should do next and takes no time to get her back to the nick to check out a new team of retired officers and college students who are tasked with reviewing cold cases. She is reluctant to commit to this endeavor. She would not be an actual officer of the law, would be working out of the basement from a room which is more aptly described as a stationery closet. One of the students is dedicated to becoming a good officer eventually, the other, a young female is more interested in catching the attention of the sexy 40ish guy who heads the team. Hillary has noticed him, too, but is not letting herself react to his obvious attractiveness. He, too, is ignoring his awareness of Hillary--should be an interesting addition to the series--hmmm The other member of the team, is, like Hillary a retired policeman who is familiar with her work and very anxious to work with such a savvy and successful investigator. So, here she is, investigating without the clout of ID as a SIO or the backing of a whole squad of HQ underlings. Nevertheless, she jumps in with both feet and, though many of the witnesses and suspects attached to a murder that happened twenty years ago are dead or moved away, she gets the killer in time. Lots of dead ends and gaps in evidence but one little piece of evidence breaks the whole case wide open. Gave it four stars because I knew from the outset where the person would be found. Still, good plot to get there and tie it up.

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