The Common Enemy

By: Paul Gitsham

Narrated by: Malk Williams

‘Highly recommended. Crime Writing at its very best’ – Kate Rhodes on The Last Straw, book 1 in the DCI Warren Jones series

How do you catch a man’s killer when everyone wanted him dead?

In Middlesbury, a rally is being held by the British Allegiance Party – a far-right group protesting against the opening of a new Mosque.

When the crowd disperses, a body is found in an alleyway. Tommy Meegan, the loud-mouthed leader of the group, has been stabbed through the heart.

Across town, a Muslim community centre catches fire in a clear act of arson, leaving a small child in a critical condition. And the tension which has been building in the town for years boils over.

DCI Warren Jones knows he can’t afford to take sides – and must solve both cases before further acts of violent revenge take place. But, in a town at war with itself, and investigating the brutal killing of one of the country’s most-hated men, where does he begin?

Readers LOVE The Common Enemy

‘DCI Warren Jones is one of those characters I just can't get enough of.’ Reader review, 5 Stars

‘Highly recommend… a book that you will struggle to put down.’ Reader review, 5 Stars

‘Excellent story, topical subject and wonderful finish.’ 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

Better and better!

Paul Gitsham just gets better and better in DCI Warren Jones series. The plot is woven beautifully with suspense and depth of characterization. The theme of racial and religious tensions is timely .

Excellent Mystery

This book is a police procedural. It has a lot of twists and turns. The ending completely surprised me.

It deals with some unpleasant topics like racism and extremism. However, the author handled it with respect and wrote a very intense and interesting novel.

Human Interest and Whodunit

Paul Gitsham's DCI Warren Jones series provides a whodunit, a police procedural, and very real, human, and sympathetic characters. This novel employs a backdrop of current events, but much of the tragedy is brought on by much more common place human emotions. In this novel, DCI Jones has to deal with a far right wing hate group, demonstrations, and family jealousies. He must solve the murder of a leader of a white nationalist group before the funeral to derail the likelihood of a violent demonstration. On the personal front, he suffers a loss.

I'm looking forward to the next adventures of DCI Jones and his unit.

Very, very Disappointing

I have read the first three installments in this series, and enjoyed them. This one had clear hints that a favorite character was going to be killed gratuitously at the end. I skipped to the end, and sure enough, that happened. The dead policeman had been plumped for promotion, children, and more. It was ridiculous, as if the author's editor had suggested that he add more violence to help sales of an already violent series.

Not my favorite

I like this author - and while character development is more surface than depth - I like his writing.

That said - this one isn’t that good (sorry). I won’t do any spoilers here - the book topic was so heavily laden it got bogged down quite a bit. I kept waiting for it get better - but it just didn’t. Had there been any real side stories going on I think it would of been a lot better.

Hate to give an ugly review - sorry Paul!!