The Devil’s Feather by Minette Walters
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Can’t decide between a cozy, English mystery and an action-packed thriller? Minette Walters’ new mystery has both. It interweaves two plots – a “ripped-from-the-headlines” story of a renegade mercenary and a little local murder in Dorset. The book begins with lots of action when Connie Burns investigates a British soldier-for-hire in connection with a series of brutal rapes and murders in Sierra Leone and Baghdad. Then the story shifts gears when the heroine flees to England in order to hide from the mercenary, who wants her silenced - permanently. The middle part of the story delves into the secrets, scandals, and suspicious characters living in the Dorset village where Connie goes underground. Fans of suspense should not be deterred by the change of pace, because Walters delivers plenty of action in the book’s final chapters.