This book is part of a well written series featuring Lambert and Hook. Lambert and Hook work well together and I like the little bit of tension which has been added to their relationship by the addition of DI Chris Rushton who neither of them like very much. I enjoyed this well written mystery though I did work out who was responsible for the killings - though not why they were committed. The more they interview local people the more secrets they seem to uncover.
The fox in the forest review serial#
Lambert and Hook are less convinced that they have a serial killer on their hands. When a second murder is committed and a young girl is attacked on the edge of the forest the media have decided there is a serial killer abroad and have named him the Fox of the Forest. A man has been seen living rough in the forest - could he be responsible? If he is then the police would have an easy case to solve but nothing is quite as it seems. His wife was away at the time and while everything seems to be a little strained between them, Lambert and Hook cannot envisage her wielding a shot gun. No one seems to have any motive for wishing him dead - even the atheists in the area think he is a good man. He has written books on subjects as diverse as golf and Shakespeare.Įndeavour Press is the UK's leading independent publisher of digital books.Ī popular vicar - Peter Barton - is killed as he walks through the forest near his home one winter evening. He taught for twenty-seven years in schools, colleges and universities before taking early retirement to concentrate on full-time writing. J M Gregson is a Lancastrian by birth and upbringing. ‘A chilling story that never flags from start to finish’ - Bolton Evening News ‘Begins with quiet observation before pouncing to murderous effect’ - Sunday Express ‘The Fox in the Forest’ is a gripping crime thriller featuring the popular detective duo, Lambert and Hook. More importantly, can they piece together the few clues they have to find the truth before another victim is found?
The rural community closes in upon itself with secrets when another girl is attacked by the Fox and everyone seems to know the details of the two killings.Ĭan Lambert and his team find a killer amongst the various townspeople with connections to the murders? With an endless list of potential suspects and no real evidence, Lambert struggles to find his culprit. It seems that they have a serial killer on their hands, selecting victims at random, a killer who the papers are calling the ‘Fox’. Then a second victim is found, again in the woods, again with a shotgun: a man they had held for thirty six hours before. Or the sweet local boy who travels through the woods every day? Or could it be the only man who seems to dislike the victim and owns a matching shotgun? His estranged wife herself was missing in the days before her husband’s death, busy with her lover.Ĭould she be the killer Lambert is looking for? When the town vicar Peter Barton is found shot in the woods between two peaceful villages on Christmas Eve, Superintendent Lambert and his CID team are called in to investigate.
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