Cross’s time as a Monk

The Monk is the 5th in the DS Cross series and is the most complex yet, mostly because it is 3-4 hours longer than his previous. After I spoke to him about it in his interview for my book on police procedurals, the number of characters means that there is now a lot to cover, and as he described where the arc of the story would be going next, The Monk seemed perfectly logical as a plot line, given that George has a fascination with the playing of a church organ as a side role to that of a policeman.



This meant that when it came to a monk being found in a ditch and going to look round an abbey and fixing an organ, this would teach George more about how comfortable he could be with people. The number of twists and turns in this book and the difficulties in discovering who the monk was in a closed community, make it a really intriguing use of George’s thought process as an autistic person. George’s interview technique is one of the reasons why I enjoy the series so much. Playing on peoples’ misconceptions, how comfortable he is with repetition and his relationship with his police partner, make this body in a ditch so different to where you thought it might have gone, even bringing his own relationship with his own family to help him solve the murder.



As always, when a Sullivan book comes out, I’ll be so tempted to read it. Now that I’m in my own writing process and I’m not restricted to what I can read due to being ahead of schedule so much, means that when the next one comes out, I’ll be able to read it as soon as, just like any other fan.








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