Roger Conniston Book 2
“Examining crime scenes was never supposed to get personal.”
Roger Conniston is a newly promoted Senior Scenes of Crime Officer with a lot to prove and a lot to protect. He’s up against an ex-bare-knuckle fighter called Hades who is planning the most audacious robbery in England’s history.
For Hades, the success of this ‘one last job’ is paramount. He’s planned it in meticulous detail, from the explosive diversions that will shock the nation, to the selection of his team and the weapons they’ll use.
Roger is faced with a decision: continue working with the police and put faith in the flawed investigative skills of DCI Chamberlain, or cut the ties and venture out alone to stop Hades and secure everything he cares about.
Stealing Elgar shows how two opposites engage the same problem; how they battle their way through conflicting interests to reach – or destroy – their goal, and asks which is more important: family or pride?
Stealing Elgar is the second book in The Dead Trilogy, a series of procedural crime thrillers featuring Scenes of Crime Officer Roger Conniston. It is predominantly set in present-day Leeds, a large city in Northern England, and the surrounding villages.
Stealing Elgar is approximately 157,000 words long; about 530 pages.
WHAT PEOPLE SAY ABOUT Stealing Elgar
~ There are so many stories cleverly woven together here.
~ I'd love to see a film of this book. If you enjoy thrillers, crime fiction and murder, all spiced with a wry humour, this book will enthral you. It did me!
~ Second book in the series of three, keeps you on the edge of your seat to the last page. A must read.
~ This is the sort of book you get stuck into and the time just flies past as you enjoy it so much.
~ There are some very funny one liners/remarks which make you laugh.
~ The twists and turns are excellent and the end when I got there, well I just could not stop, I grabbed the third and continued on.
RECOGNITION for the SOCO Roger Conniston trilogy
Amazon Police Procedural chart position #1 August 2013
Amazon Murder chart position #1 August 2013
Amazon Police Procedural chart position #1 March 2013
Amazon Fiction chart position #1 July 2012
Amazon Mystery chart position #1 July 2012
Amazon Police Procedural chart position #1 July 2012
Amazon Movers and Shakers in Kindle Store #1 July 2012
Amazon Kindle Bestseller #2 July 2012
Book Recommendations on Goodreads June 2012
Goodreads UKAKF Group Book for September 2012 – 3 Acorns (a ‘Must Read’)
Number 8 in the Top 100 UKAKF books
More from Andrew Barrett:
SOCO Roger Conniston:
A Long Time Dead - Roger Conniston 1
Stealing Elgar - Roger Conniston 2
No More Tears - Roger Conniston 3
CSI Eddie Collins:
The Third Rule - Eddie Collins 1
Black by Rose - Eddie Collins 2
Sword of Damocles - Eddie Collins 3
The Lift - An Eddie Collins Short Story
“Examining crime scenes was never supposed to get personal.”
Roger Conniston is a newly promoted Senior Scenes of Crime Officer with a lot to prove and a lot to protect. He’s up against an ex-bare-knuckle fighter called Hades who is planning the most audacious robbery in England’s history.
For Hades, the success of this ‘one last job’ is paramount. He’s planned it in meticulous detail, from the explosive diversions that will shock the nation, to the selection of his team and the weapons they’ll use.
Roger is faced with a decision: continue working with the police and put faith in the flawed investigative skills of DCI Chamberlain, or cut the ties and venture out alone to stop Hades and secure everything he cares about.
Stealing Elgar shows how two opposites engage the same problem; how they battle their way through conflicting interests to reach – or destroy – their goal, and asks which is more important: family or pride?
Stealing Elgar is the second book in The Dead Trilogy, a series of procedural crime thrillers featuring Scenes of Crime Officer Roger Conniston. It is predominantly set in present-day Leeds, a large city in Northern England, and the surrounding villages.
Stealing Elgar is approximately 157,000 words long; about 530 pages.
WHAT PEOPLE SAY ABOUT Stealing Elgar
~ There are so many stories cleverly woven together here.
~ I'd love to see a film of this book. If you enjoy thrillers, crime fiction and murder, all spiced with a wry humour, this book will enthral you. It did me!
~ Second book in the series of three, keeps you on the edge of your seat to the last page. A must read.
~ This is the sort of book you get stuck into and the time just flies past as you enjoy it so much.
~ There are some very funny one liners/remarks which make you laugh.
~ The twists and turns are excellent and the end when I got there, well I just could not stop, I grabbed the third and continued on.
RECOGNITION for the SOCO Roger Conniston trilogy
Amazon Police Procedural chart position #1 August 2013
Amazon Murder chart position #1 August 2013
Amazon Police Procedural chart position #1 March 2013
Amazon Fiction chart position #1 July 2012
Amazon Mystery chart position #1 July 2012
Amazon Police Procedural chart position #1 July 2012
Amazon Movers and Shakers in Kindle Store #1 July 2012
Amazon Kindle Bestseller #2 July 2012
Book Recommendations on Goodreads June 2012
Goodreads UKAKF Group Book for September 2012 – 3 Acorns (a ‘Must Read’)
Number 8 in the Top 100 UKAKF books
More from Andrew Barrett:
SOCO Roger Conniston:
A Long Time Dead - Roger Conniston 1
Stealing Elgar - Roger Conniston 2
No More Tears - Roger Conniston 3
CSI Eddie Collins:
The Third Rule - Eddie Collins 1
Black by Rose - Eddie Collins 2
Sword of Damocles - Eddie Collins 3
The Lift - An Eddie Collins Short Story
