Bodily Harm

Langthorne Police series, Book 1

By: Charlie Gallagher

Narrated by: Gildart Jackson

An edge-of-your-seat crime thriller starts with a vicious stabbing of a pretty teenage girl and her boyfriend on a local bus. She happens to be the mayor's niece. It's the final straw for the community.

The police are desperate to get results and decide on a risky course of action involving undercover infiltration of the notorious Effingell Estate. Detective George Elms knows this hellish place extremely well, and his sharp investigative mind is put to work to solve the crime. The police are under immense media pressure and conveniently a local lowlife confesses to the attack. But George is not convinced. There are many layers of criminal and police motivation, and few people are what they seem.

©2017 Charlie Gallagher (P)2018 Tantor

At a loss for the best words

Major twist. I am ready for the next book now
I love the humor, the characters development is slow but consistent

Excellent

It's a very good book. Though I must admit, and I do love the narrator, that I think his voice us a tad too old for this main character. But I'll accept it because I love his narration.

Great plot twist

It was complex and easy to follow

There was nothing I disliked.. it held my attention with plenty of plot twists . Bravo!

Very satisfying….

I need the series and in fact this offer they really enjoyed the story although it is violent and sad. It is very satisfying read or listen.

Potential for Redemption?

Gildart Jackson's narration led me to this title. At first, those familiar with Peter Grainger's series about D.C. Smith find themselves in familiar territory. Alas, Gallagher spends more time with his villains than with his main police protagonist, George Elms. The plotline has some potential, the 'good guy' characters much more; the villains are largely boring, rendered memorable only by Jackson's superbly orchestrated voice. For me, the book became more interesting somewhere around Chapter 30. This is the first Charlie Gallagher I have 'read.' Perhaps he never dives more deeply into character, preferring to develop plots with some surprising turns. The second book in the series may offer more, and as Bodily Harm ends in something of a cliffhanger, may be worth your investment.