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MISSION FLATS
William Landay
Batnam Press £10.99
Reviewed by Ayo Onatade
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MISSION FLATSWilliam LandayBatnam Press £10.99Reviewed by Ayo Onatade
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| Mission Flats is a dark debut novel
by an assistant district attorney who has used an area that he knows
well to write a dark and absorbing novel. When a gruesome and
decomposing bodying is found in a holiday cabin in Versailles, Maine it
belies Police Chief Ben Truman's thought that nothing ever happens. The
fact that the body belongs to a prosecutor who was in the midst of
investigating a series of gang related murders in the city makes the
Police Chief wonder why the body was found in such a small town. A
result of which the murder catches everybody's attention. Furthermore,
Truman believes that he should be investigating the matter and is not
happy about the fact that he is being asked to leave the investigation
to others. Things are not as straightforward as that and everything
appears to lead back to some earlier bungled police raids in Versailles
and Truman's own kin. Mission Flats is an excellent debut novel from the first page with its shocking beginning and its portrayal of inner-city crime dens, to the end where decisions are made that will have repercussions for all and sundry. Landay has written a first rate harrowing urban novel and has also made excellent use of locality. This is a fast-paced novel, which will stay with you for some time after you have finished reading it. Powerful, engrossing and disturbing Mission Flats is well worth taking the time to read.
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