I'm not too sure why this book, of all the books waiting to be read around here appealed, but it did. Started it last night. Debut book introducing a very interesting new central DI character - Wagstaffe (or Staffe).
From the Blurb:
D.I. Will Wagstaffe - 'Staffe' to friends and enemies alike - is a man with many burdens. On the eve of leaving for a personal trip abroad he is called to the scene of a horrific crime: a known paedophile has been butchered in his own home.
Opening LInes:
Staffe raises his head as high as he can, sucks in the Underground air. He is pushed from behind and his chest rubs up against the head of a raven-haired woman as they shuffle towards the escalator. She curses in an eastern tongue and he wants to apologise, but knows it isn't warranted, nor wil it accomplish anything.