Taking Pity

Be warned to better follow this story (Aector McAvoy, #3) Sorrow Bound should be read first. And even at the conclusion of this story all is not solved. The Big Bad Wolf is still on the loose. Hopefully all will end on this plotline of the Headhunters in #5. FYI For all of us ignorant Americans wh......more

This is the 4th in the series with DS Aector McAvoy and his boss, Det. Supt. Trish Pharaoh. The best of the series so far, in my opinion. As David Mark develops his characters, the plots become more convoluted and fascinating. I personally like Mark's style. In many cases, short meaningful sentences. T......more

There is something friendly-sounding about a man with two first names. It is deceptive in one way at least: this police procedural is the fourth the Aector McAvoy series, a U.K. Yorkshire-based crime series, and it curates ways in which one man can hurt another. The skein of characters is tangled by......more

Taking Pity is book 4 in the Aector McAvoy series set in Hull. This follows Sorrow Bound, in which things end in a pretty dark place for Aector and his family, who mean everything to him. In Taking Pity Aector’s boss is taking every measure she can to keep Aector’s wife and daughter safe even if it......more