Road Rage

I seriously loved this installment of the Wexford series, even if the cast of characters at the station house has gotten a bit ungainly for me to easily keep track of. Wexford's wife Dora (along with 4 others) are involved with a kidnapping scheme meant to overturn plans for a bypass development in Kingsmarkham. The result is a novel which reads a bit more like an airport thriller than a murder mystery. Gorgeous descriptions of the countryside are accompanied by Dora's interview transcripts and sequences of investigation on Wexford and the team's part. Some great twists and turns along the way to what, for me, was a truly surprising conclusion. Would totally reread this one.