Carnival Blues: 12 (DI Nick Dixon Crime)

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I know everyone has their own opinion but there really isn’t a lot of bad language in this story and I have listened to it many times. I am not writing anymore as all I can say,this is a brilliant book and you need to read it for yourself. It's the usual mix of regular characters, unreasonable expectations imposed on Nick from his current boss looking for favorable publicity and other more personal perils close to home.

Living in Taunton, Somerset, this book (and series) has a lot of local flavour to interest me, but even without that, it still stands as a good story. DI Nick Dixon is in attendance and, from what he witnessed, he has no doubt that this was planned, that it was murder. I agree with the author - the spectacle of the squibbing at the beginning of the book was exciting and pacy - but as someone unfamiliar with local traditions in Somerset I had to go to YouTube to see the carnival in action! Nick's fears are founded when tragedy strikes again at the next carnival and it becomes a race against time to find and stop the killer before they strike again, or disappear for good. When a local estate agent catches fire during the Bridgwater squibbing and a similar incident occurs a couple of days later at nearby Burnham-on-Sea, Nick suspects they are dealing with a double murder.

It's good to feature a strong local tradition like the carnivals, which probably aren't that well known in other areas of the UK, but are a key part of the local scene - so much so that's its a surprise they haven't been mentioned in the series before. It's well plotted and that plot is expertly executed with some great characters, both series and episode. As always, Damien Boyd delivers an intriguing police procedural crime story, that not only delivers in mystery, but delves into sub-plots that are interesting and unique. Obviously I’m biased - who wouldn’t enjoy a novel set on your doorstep, with the ability to recognise the setting down to the name of a house?

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