A Truth for a Truth (Detective Kate Young)

A Truth for a Truth is the fourth book in the DI Kate Young series from Carol Wyer.

"Kate has known for years that her boss, Superintendent John Dickson, was corrupt. Now that she has accidently shot and killed him, Kate decides to cover up her involvement and continue to search for the other corrupt members of the force. When Kate's team is tasked with finding the missing Dickson, she must point them away from her and still follow up on leads of corruption. The pressure is almost unbearable and Kate has no one to trust or confide in. Can she root out the bad guys before she is caught?"

This books picks up where the previous book ended - the shooting of Dickson. The first half of the book is a little slower because most of it is spent in Kate's head. And it's a crowded place with Dickson and her husband, Chris, competing for space. The second half moves quicker with the reveals about who is involved in corruption and the steps Kate takes to bring closure.

There is a Brad character. He has a good start - "could be trusted", "sole human she could rely on" But then we get - "He was as surly as usual" and "Bradley was trouble" Still waiting on that good-guy Brad character.

There are some surprises. Wyer is never afraid to do anything to any character, so you can't anticipate where she's going with the story. She resolves part of the story but there is a little cliff hanger.

A great addition to the series. You can read this a standalone but it's best to read the series in order. More great crime fiction from Wyer.

This was a good 4th in series book. Usually I feel like the author gets bored after book 4 and this one didn’t feel like that.

I can say there was a lot going on in this book with multiple view points that switched in the middle of chapters so the reader has to be paying attention this can’t be a quick read between chores type of book.

That being said there was still a lot going on in this book and there are some things that didn’t resolve which leads me to believe it is coming in book 5.

I feel like a quick summary in the beginning of this book could’ve done a lot for clearing things up just in case you’re not fresh off book 3

Another ripping read from Carol Wyer! DI Kate Young is back for her fourth turn and is now sitting in a very precarious situation. As she struggles to move her cases forward, she is exhausted and hearing voices. As usual, Ms. Wyer has left us wanting more!

Many thanks to NetGalley and Thomas and Mercer for this ARC!

Continuing in the DI Kate Young series, this book picks up right where the other left off after she has shot and killed Superintendent John Dickson. From this point on, she needs to be extra vigilant in covering her tracks so that no one suspects her involvement. She has the body disposed of and he is officially listed as missing since there’s no evidence of a crime. It’s quite fortunate when she’s enlisted to head the investigation into his disappearance. Now she can steer it in her favor and make sure nothing turns up to incriminate herself.

However, almost immediately after she kills Dickson, she begins to hear his voice in her head, just like she hears that of her deceased husband, Chris. I had hoped that part of the narrative would have disappeared after the previous books because it’s distracting and makes her appear unwell. And in this book, in particular, she apparently speaks in his voice out loud. But you can’t tell if it’s all the time or only some of the time, because her character can’t tell, either. I understand she’d have guilt and remorse, but there’s almost more of her dialogue as Dickson than as herself.

Her coworkers notice her behavior and worry that she’s going to have (or is possibly having) another breakdown. Not only because of talking to herself but because she conducts much of the investigation on her own, for obvious reasons. They don’t voice their concerns until late in their case but she convinces them to trust her. Even when she has to bring in other witnesses seemingly unrelated to Dickson’s disappearance. DCI Chase ultimately lets her run the case as she wishes, but he has his own secrets that lead to terrible consequences. Corruption runs rampant in the force and Kate’s not going to back down until she finds everyone involved and brings them to justice.

I have a feeling it’s going to take a while to dig out all of the corruption so we should have a few more books to come in this series and I’ll be waiting!