Nigel Barnes (5 books in series)

Bloedlijn (2007)
language
English
author
3.85 of 5 Votes: 5
review 1: When you've got a handless body to investigate, you might be tempted not too pay too much attention to some superficial scratches on the torso. DCI Grant Foster, however, is more perceptive than most, and he notices that the scratches form letters and numbers. What do they mean, ...
Code 1879 (2007)
language
English
author
3.85 of 5 Votes: 1
review 1: I really enjoyed this book. So much so I promptly went out and bought the sequel which I just finished. The plots are quite complex. The characters extremely interesting. It plays right into my love of history and crime.A perfect series. Until I read that Penguin was no longer in...
Bloedwraak (2009)
language
English
author
3.86 of 5 Votes: 2
review 1: This is the second book in the Nigel Barnes series and I liked it even better than the first. Half police procedural and half historical mystery, lots of action and an original and intricate plot. The characters had a bit more depth in this one, making it easier to relate to the...
The Blood Detective (2007)
language
English
author
3.85 of 5 Votes: 3
review 1: When I read that Dan Waddell's The Blood Detective involved genealogy to solve murders I knew this book was my next choice for our book club. A series of gruesome murders begins to follow a pattern when unusual markings are noted on one body and soon a professional genealogist b...
Blood Atonement (2009)
language
English
author
3.86 of 5 Votes: 2
review 1: Second in the series featuring genealogist Nigel Barnes. Still clean! Again, a series of gruesome murders with a link to past events. This time there seems to be a link to some sort of cult. But how? And why can the victims' ancestors be traced back only to the last of the 19th c...