A Death in Custody

A Death in Custody

By T.S. Clayton

Genre:-Crime Fiction

Pages:-432

Publisher:-Matador

Blurb:-Brixton in the late 1990s. Delroy Brown, a young black man being held in police custody, dies in a confrontation in his cell with a police officer. The officer claims to have acted in self-defence but fails to give a satisfactory explanation for being in the dead man's cell. 

 Chief Inspector Elliott conducts an investigation into Delroy's death, but his enquiries are obstructed by a lack of co-operation from police officers, the activities of a corrupt private investigator-and the legal system itself. Alison French, a young journalist, Neeta Patel, Delroy's family's solicitor, and Ben Weekes, a black youth worker, join forces to try and find out the truth about Delroy's death, but find themselves in growing danger, as they are drawn into a murky world of violent criminals and police informants.

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My Review:-This book had me from the beginning. Delroy Brown is a young black man who is arrested and took to Brixton Police Station. Once at the station, DC Matthews and DC Jones question Delroy and after answering a few question, Delroy mentions a name 'Ice' but DC Matthews hears it wrong and asks who 'Eyes', at that  point Delroy shuts up, he's said to much already. Once the interview is finished, Delroy is taken to a cell. Not long after being in his cell the door opens and it's DC McKinnonn, but what does he want with Delroy? The alarm goes off in Delroy's cell and everyone rushes to his cell, but Delroy is lying on the floor dead. Alison French is works for Brixton Chronicle when she gets a message the a gentleman wants to speak to her about the man that has died in the police cell. Mr Bertie O'Connor had information that no one knew about, he was in the cell opposite Delroy's cell and knew something about Delroy's death. What really happened in Delroy's cell? There is so much happening, along with plenty of twists and turns. The author has done a great job with the storyline, even the inquest felt real not just a book.