SHALLOW GRAVE by Brian Thiem

"A great police mystery."

Shallow Grave

Posted: April 17, 2018

Matt Sinclair is a homicide sergeant who really loves his job. Called into a murder scene, Matt expects another random murder or a drug deal gone wrong, but he's surprised to find that the victim is his old partner, Phil Roberts. He and his new partner, Cathy Braddock are stunned to see the body of their friend at a gruesome crime scene.

While investigating this murder, Matt is determined to find the killer. For some reason, Matt is being blocked by people above him and he can't go through Phil's desk. But why? The only thing that Matt can come up with is that someone is trying to hide something. Was Phil a dirty cop?

The more Matt and Cathy investigate, the more strange things come up, and soon, Matt is taken off the case without explanation. Matt is not going to give up on this murder. He owes it to Phil to find out what really happened to him. Cathy tries to give Matt as much information as she can, but she must be careful or she could lose her job, too.

I really loved this book. Brian Thiem writes a great police mystery. SHALLOW GRAVE is the third book in the series of Matt Sinclair. Even though I didn't read the first two you really don't need to. Thiem gets you up to date on most of what happened in the first two. Thiem was a police detective and his expertise really shows through in this book. Thiem gives a lot of insight as to what a detective has to go through. If you really enjoy police mysteries pick up this book. I can't wait for the next story in the Matt Sinclair series.

Book Summary

When the Oakland coroner’s office uncovers a body buried in a shallow grave in the outskirts of the city, homicide sergeant Matt Sinclair expects to find a drug dealer caught in the crosshairs of a turf war. Instead, the victim is identified as Phil Roberts, the commander of the police department’s intelligence unit and Sinclair’s former partner.

Police brass want to pin the murder on a dead member of an outlaw motorcycle gang and they want the case closed quickly, but Sinclair and his current partner, Cathy Braddock, aren’t satisfied with that answer. As Sinclair delves into the details of Roberts’s past, secrets from his work and personal life come to the surface--secrets that some people will go to any length to keep buried. But Sinclair won’t stop until he finds the truth, even if it means sacrificing his former partner’s reputation and possibly his own career.

With Shallow Grave, Brian Thiem brings back his beloved detective for a thrilling third adventure in his acclaimed police procedural series.