Beneath — Simon Wood

BENEATH tells the concurrent stories of Detectives David Radley and Andrew Bates, along with David's fashion designer sister Kathy and the brutally murdered Cartwright family, all of which are intrinsically linked to one another.  Radley and Bates are partners in the New York Police Department whose comradeship and teamwork gets them through many a sinister situation.   Set in New York City, BENEATH is a clever amalgamation of three genres.  It is part detective story, part crime and part thriller, and reads almost like CSI in novel form.  The story is a dark one about killers and those who enforce the laws to capture them.   Whilst the novel revolves around solving the case of the murdered Cartwrights, it is a multi-layered, action packed and gritty story which holds attention from beginning to end.