Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
A new case for Hennessey and Yellich - Five years after Duncan Percival is left in a vegetative state after a vicious attack, he finally dies. DCI Hennessey and DS Yellich are brought into investigate what is now a murder case. As they delve deeper, the detectives are drawn into Yorks criminal underworld where grasses are punished and the gruesome Chelsea Smile is the favoured method of retribution
Synopsis
This is a new case for Hennessey and Yellich. Five years after Duncan Percival is rendered a vegetable after a vicious attack, he finally dies. It is now a murder investigation and DCI Hennessey and DS Yellich are brought in to renew the evidence and re-interview the suspects, along with DS Thompson Ventnor who worked on the original investigation.
As they delve deeper, bodies start turning up and the links to a criminal gang become clear. But who is the leader of the organization, and who is pulling the strings now that Duncan Percival is dead? Hennessey, Yellich and Ventnor are drawn into York's criminal underworld where grasses are punished and the gruesome Chelsea Smile is the favoured method of retribution...
About the Author
Peter Turnbull was born and raised in Yorkshire, England. He has had a variety of jobs--in a former incarnation he was a social worker for twenty-three years, an occupation he gave up to become a full-time writer. "Fear of Drowning" is his twelfth novel.