THROUGH THE RUINS OF MIDNIGHT
Colin
Campbell
Publisher: Pen Press
ISBN: 1-904754-54-6
September 2004
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THROUGH THE RUINS OF MIDNIGHT
Written by
COLIN
CAMPBELL
Through The Ruins Of Midnight may very well have created a new sub-genre – True-Fiction Crime – as it relates individual tales that bypasses serial killers, bank heists and kidnappings, but crimes those that nonetheless devastate peoples lives on a daily basis; the domestics, the suicide attempts and the tragedy of loss. Colin Campbell’s second novel – but debut in the world of crime – is like a breath of fresh air. Having been a serving police officer, the author draws characters and situations so well it makes The Bill look even more pedestrian than it actually is.
Mick Habergham – Ham for short, because his colleagues think his
surname sounds like “Hamburger” – likes working the
nightshift. The world is generally asleep and police work is easier, especially
on Sundays. Well, on any other Sunday than this one, apparently. As he
contemplates the future of his marriage and of his impending retirement,
Mick also confronts so many dilemmas on this patrol it is possible to
believe that the night will never end.
The pace is relentless and the scenarios
are so credible it is almost possible to see the events take place. Ham
is such a likeable character that a reader might actually enjoy being
pulled up by him so that they could pass the time of day. That Campbell
has drawn from experience is obvious, but he has done so with such clarity
and precision it never enters the realms of being a lecture on morality.
This is an excellent book that both informs and entertains, but never preaches and should be read by anybody with an interest in the pressures faced by the modern day copper.
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