The Last Straw (DCI Warren Jones, Book 1)

Paul Gitsham

Mar 2014 · DCI Warren Jones Book 1 · Sold by HarperCollins UK

About this eBook

When Professor Alan Tunbridge is discovered in his office with his throat slashed, the suspects start queuing up. The brilliant but unpleasant microbiologist had a genius for making enemies.

For Warren Jones, newly appointed Detective Chief Inspector to the Middlesbury force, a high-profile murder is the ideal opportunity. He’s determined to run a thorough and professional investigation but political pressure to resolve the case quickly and tensions in the office and at home make life anything but easy.

Everything seems to point to one vengeful man but the financial potential of the professor’s pioneering research takes the inquiry in an intriguing and, for Jones and his team, dangerous direction.

Readers LOVE The Last Straw

‘A really cracking read, a real page turner.’ Reader review, 5 Stars

‘I couldn't stop reading this brilliant detective novel!’ Reader review, 5 Stars

‘Loved this! A nice proper whodunnit which had me gripped from the start! Twists and turns galore and I only worked out who it was right at the end!’ Goodreads reviewer, 5 stars

‘I just couldn't put it down. DCI Warren Jones and his team are a sure-fire hit...Exceptionally good detective story.’ Reader review, 5 Stars

‘Kept me reading all night.’ Reader review, 5 Stars

‘Couldn't put it down! If you love a good detective novel, you'll be well away with this.’ Reader review, 5 Stars

‘Tense to the point of making it very difficult to put the book down.’ Reader review, 5 Stars

‘DCI Warren Jones is must read detective fiction... A brilliant first novel, can't wait for the next. Buy it. Try it. You won't be disappointed!’ Reader review, 5 Stars

The DCI Warren Jones series
1 The Last Straw
2 No Smoke Without Fire
Blood is Thicker than Water (Novella)
3 Silent as the Grave
A Case Gone Cold (Novella)
4 The Common Enemy
A Deadly Lesson (Novella)
5 Forgive Me Father
At First Glance (Novella)
6 A Price to Pay
7 Out of Sight
8 Time to Kill
9 Web of Lies

Ratings and reviews

A bloody murder, a universally disliked victim, a seemingly open and shut case...until DCI Jones and his team get to work unravelling the mystery while facing up to their own internal conflicts. This enjoyable tale twists and turns with well fleshed out characters and a healthy dose of dry wit, and builds to a tense and exciting finale. I look forward to reading the next case in the series.

Not many surprises, but nice to see the steps the characters go through. As a reader I ask why they don't look at one thing or another, but the characters are following an 'official' procedure and that adds a bit of tension.

It kept me reading until the small hours, a great deal of background research must have gone into this novel, you felt all the pressures of the detectives trying to solve this case. GREAT

About the author

Paul Gitsham started his career as a biologist working in the UK and Canada. After stints as the world’s most over-qualified receptionist and a spell ensuring that international terrorists hadn’t opened a Child's Savings Account at a major UK bank (a job even duller than working reception) he retrained as a Science Teacher.