#BookReview- ‘The Funeral’ by Desmond P Ryan

The more eagle eyed amongst you may have noticed my participation in a blog tour this last month for 10-33 Assist PC with Baker’s Blog Tours and Promo and I completely loved it.

So when I saw that there was followup novella, ‘The Funeral’ (links to buy below) I snapped it up and am also thrilled to be involved with Book 2 of the ‘Mike O’Shea’ series , ‘Black Coffee’.

‘The Funeral is a very good bridge between the two books, following, as it does, directly from ’10-33 Assist PC’.

The eponymous event is the subject of the novella and as hard as I found it to read-no spoilers on whose funeral it is-it was also absolutely fascinating .

How do you balance the need of the public servants who want to turn out in solidarity with their fallen comrade and the need to remember the wishes of the family?

In his inimitable style, grounded in the reality of having attended too many of these himself, Desmond P Ryan brings humanity, tears and a light touch of humour to a topic that could be too sad to read about.

It also provides a fascinating insight into just how a state funeral is organised in Canada and how complex the machinations are with the press who the police both need and despise their need for.

It was difficult not to read it without causing tears, it is a special kind of alchemy that a writer has when in one short novel they can introduce and dispatch a character who makes an impact as this one did.

It can be read on its own but I would thoroughly recommend reading the first book because it is just so good..

Links

Twitter @RealDesmondRyan

https://realdesmondryan.com/

https://twitter.com/BakerPromo

http://www.rachelreadit.co.uk/blog-tour-10-33-assist-police-by-desmond-ryan/

https://www.amazon.co.uk/10-33-Assist-OShea-Crime-Fiction-ebook/dp/B07H8HJ8VC/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1549117537&sr=8-2&keywords=desmond+p+ryan

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Funeral-Epilogue-10-33-Assist-Fiction/dp/1775352897/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1549117537&sr=8-3&keywords=desmond+p+ryan