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Good people

Title:

Good people

Author:

Hutton, Ewart, author.

Series:

Glyn Capaldi mystery ;

Series Number:

Summary:

Exiled from Cardiff to the Welsh countryside, disgraced police officer Glyn Capaldi raises local ire by investigating the disappearance of a group that goes missing after a night of rugby and drinking, a case that reveals a sinister network of betrayals and depravity.

General Note:

Originally published: London : Blue Door, 2012.

"A Thomas Dunne book."

Edition:

1st U.S. ed.

Physical Description:

326 p ; 22 cm.

Genre:

Detective and mystery fiction.

Subject Term:

Missing persons -- Fiction.

Police -- Fiction.

Geographic Term:

Wales -- Fiction.

Publisher:

Minotaur Books,

Publication Date:

2013

2012

ISBN:

9781250019615

Publication Information:

New York : Minotaur Books, 2013, c2012.

Call Number:

HUTTON

Holds: Copies:

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Summary

A Kirkus Reviews Best Fiction Book of 2013

Detective Sergeant Glyn Capaldi, fallen from grace and exiled from Cardiff to the Welsh countryside, does his best to serve as the catchall detective in the big bit in the middle that God gave to the sheep. It's a place where nothing of any significance is meant to happen, a place where his superiors believe he can do little harm.

But trouble has a way of catching up with Capaldi. Six men and a young woman disappear after a night of rugby and drink. They don't all reappear. The ones who do are "good people," and they give a reasonable explanation for the absence of the woman and their friend. Only Capaldi remains unconvinced. In the face of opposition, Capaldi delves deeper and starts to uncover a network of conflicts, betrayals, and depravity that resonates below the outwardly calm surface of rural respectability.

An atmospheric, criminally smart new police procedural that brilliantly evokes Wales, Good People marks the introduction of a compelling detective and the arrival of a shining new talent in crime fiction, Ewart Hutton.

Author Notes

Ewart Hutton was born and raised in and around Glasgow before attending university in Manchester and then working in London. He has won numerous awards and prizes for his radio plays, which have been produced for BBC Radio. His stage play won the joint Traverse Theatre and Scottish Television Enterprise's Comedy Play Competition. He lives on the Welsh Marches with his wife. Good People is his first novel.

Reviews (2)

Publisher's Weekly Review

Fans of gritty British crime fiction will welcome Hutton's twisty first novel, set in Wales. One night, Det. Sgt. Glyn Capaldi, whose career is on the rebound, responds to a hijacking call. According to the stranded driver of a minibus, his six drunken male passengers tricked him into getting out of the vehicle, then drove off without him. Shortly beforehand, the men picked up a female hitchhiker. The morning after the crime, the minibus is found abandoned. Capaldi's colleagues are initially unconcerned, but when the police learn that none of the men turned up at their homes, they start to show some interest. Things become more complicated after five of the men surface, leaving one of their comrades and the unidentified woman unaccounted for and Capaldi suspicious. Hutton throws in a number of curves along the way to a satisfying explanation of the mystery. (Apr.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.

Library Journal Review

DS Glyn Capaldi (the Welshman is part Italian) has been banished to the hinterlands of Wales for his past indiscretions. Now he's stumbled upon a case that the locals want to sweep under the rug, and something sounds off to him. Six local guys had rented a van for their rugby outing, and one woman (possibly a prostitute) joined them later. The next morning, only five men are left. They provide a reasonable explanation for the missing man and woman, but Capaldi doesn't believe the story. Tired of being stonewalled, Capaldi investigates until he unearths tawdry, long-kept secrets so sinister that no one wants to believe they are true. When one of the five men is found hanged, the pent-up tension escalates into violence. It won't be easy, but bet on Capaldi to see it through. VERDICT Shortlisted for the 2012 Crime Writers' Association New Blood Dagger for best first novel, this is a stunningly dark debut. The first-person narrative keeps it personal, making the detective's vulnerabilities that much more intense. [See Prepub Alert, 11/4/12.] (c) Copyright 2013. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.