Welcome to Litsy!

Thanks to @kspenmoll I started this series and I did enjoy it. This first installment was written in the 1980s and it‘s rather misogynistic but I didn‘t really mind. I liked the characters and the setting and am curious about the second book.

📸 Cannes, France

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SITG-Chilling. Shocking.A wedding massacre.A decoy shooter.Jenny Fuller,a forensic psychological profiler returns to assist DCI Banks & his team.Strange occurrences lead the police to pursue a devious,immoral military trained sniper who is set on a revenge vendetta rooted in his childhood.
CL-A woman is found dead,placed in an abandoned car.A man suited in business attire is discovered in a gully.A high class call girl enterprise is discovered⬇️

Emmy is busy trying to push my book away(into the coffee cup!) Her very clear message: I want your attention! Absolutely No Books! We Do Not Care that reading is your passion! #WDNCW #catsoflitsy #coffeeandbooks #DCIBanksNovel

#23 in the DCI Banks series covers multiple themes throughout the novel:teen sexual exploitation,rape, classism,sexism,immigration,to name a few.A celebrated poet comes forward to ask that her 50 yr cold case of rape by a beloved celebrity at 14 be reopened in light of the fact that numerous rape victims have come forward with similar allegations.Banks & his teams‘ investigation uncover cases of underage rape & murder perpetuated by this man.⬇️

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A few days late.
Top Row: #sundaybuddyread #shesaid
Mid Row: #AgathaChristieClubR3 #fiction #deadlyseries #audiobook
Last Row: #readyourkindle #InspectorBanksNovel #literarypoliceprocedural

COTR:An indigent ex-college professor, who 40 yrs ago was dismissed for alleged sexual misconduct, is found dead,with $$$ in his picket.Suspicious,DCI Banks investigates.The case takes him to past politics & militant protests of the 60s/70s & to the current upper echelon of society. ITDP:Body counts are high in this dark, gruesome tale.2 young men go missing. A truck goes down an embankment,revealing a corpse in bags. Banks & his team are 🔽

BB:After a neighbor of DCI Banks reports her daughter Erin has a gun in her home,a shocking death occurs.Erin‘s best friend is Bank‘s daughter Tracy,who is missing along with a psychopath “Bad Boy”.Enraged,with his heart in his throat,Banks & DI Cabbot are on the hunt.Cabbot gets caught up in the crossfire,with dark consequences.
WTD:while investigating a murder of a fellow officer, Banks travels a circuitous route to Estonia.He confronts human ⬇️

Another in this series I am so hooked on. I need to slow down…this is # 22/28.
Enjoying nature from my porch - a Campari & soda before dinner, and some reading.
Hearing a Robin, a Cedar Waxwing, & a House Sparrow at the moment (Merlin Bird ID).

Afternoon coffee, a book, & a pet.