Free (Kindle/Kobo/iTunes) Core of Evil by Nigel McCrery [Synaesthetic Cop Thriller]

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Core of Evil by British author Nigel McCrery (SYKM, Wikipedia) is the 1st novel in his DCI Mark Lapslie series of police procedural crime thrillers starring a chief inspector in Essex who happens to have synaesthesia (Wikipedia) which seems an interesting way to distinguish one's sleuth, this adventure pitting him against a merciless poisoner, free for a limited time courtesy of publisher Quercus.

This is the featured Free Book of the Week in the iTunes UK store.

Currently free, probably just through Monday when they usually rotate these things @ Amazon UK, iTunes UK, Google Play, Kobo (available to UK & EU & South America & Japan when I spot-checked assorted regional stores, YMMV)

Description
A visceral thriller from the creator of the hit BBC drama Silent Witness, introducing synaesthetic detective DCI Mark Lapslie. Perfect for fans of M.J. Arlidge and Angela Marsons.

I've looked into the eyes of women who have banged nine-inch nails into the skulls of their victims with hammers ... we evaluate them, trying to determine whether they have actually changed, or whether there's still a core of evil within them...

Before his diagnosis, DCI Mark Lapslie thought everyone was like him. Now he knows he suffers from synaethesthesia - a rare neurological condition that has cross-wired his senses. The sickening clamour of sounds he can taste has smothered his marriage and stifled his career.

At the scene of a fatal traffic accident, Lapslie's interest isn't in the recently deceased driver, rather the desiccated corpse found lying next to him. Something about the body stirs a fleeting recollection at the back of Lapslie's mind... he can't quite put his finger on it, but he can almost taste it...

Memories haunt Violet Chambers. Taking tea with her friend Daisy, she knows it's time to move on. As Daisy falls to the floor, eyes streaming, face burning, Violet calmly waits. Black hellebore is remarkably potent. It won't be long now.

Discover the other books in the DCI Mark Lapslie series: Tooth and Claw, Scream, Thirteenth Coffin and Flesh and Blood.