The Cyclist - Tim Sullivan
It starts with a murder, as it often does in a crime thriller, or to be precise – since precision is important to DS George Cross – The Cyclist starts with the discovery of a body found wrapped in plastic sheeting on the site of a plot of garages due for demolition. Like Tim Sullivan’s first DS Cross thriller, The Dentist , the clue to the identity of the victim is in the title, Alex Paphides supposedly on his way to take part in a cycling competition. Is that factor perhaps something to do with his death? Well, the route to that is an investigation that will have many of the characteristics, stages, climbs and breakthroughs of a cycle race. Breakthroughs, Breakaways? I’m stretching the metaphor a bit there, but when it comes to crime investigation, DS Cross – a keen cyclist himself – is very much methodical and focussed on taking everything a stage at a time, certain that he will get to the finish line with a win if he sticks to procedure. DS Cross, as we discovered in The Dentist , ...