“Ice Cold Malice” by Rhys Dylan

It begins with a scene common from childhood. Two young brothers, watching to make sure no one is around, slip on to government beach property, looking for souvenirs of military exercises, the sea, and anything else that might look interesting. What they find is a body in a bag. 

DCI Evan Warlow and his team investigate. They body is that of a doctor, or former doctor, as he’s been struck off the approved medical practice list for activities unbecoming a doctor. And the list of suspects is almost longer than the list of people who knew the man.

 

Warlow has his own personal problems to deal with, like his ex-wife, who’s been arrested for driving under the influence. She says it was that one glass of wine mixed with her meds. But she refused a breathalyzer test, declined a solicitor because she could prove this wasn’t DUI, and wasn’t even driving the care at the time of the arrest. All of which Warlow knows to be bad mistakes.

 

Rhys Dylan

Ice Cold Malice is the third of the DCI Evan Warlow series by Welsh author Rhys Dylan, and it’s just as good and entertaining as the first two. Dylan works in enough twists and turns to keep the reader guessing (and on edge) through the entire story. And this time one of his own officers is threatened.

 

Dylan has published 18 novels in the DCI Evan Warlow series. A native Welshman educated in London, Dylan wrote numerous books for children and adults under various pen names across several genres. He began writing the DCI Warlow series in 2021; The Engine House was published in 2022. Dylan lives in Wales.

 

Related: 

The Engine House by Rhys Dylan.

Caution: Death at Work by Rhy Dylan. 

 

Some Monday Readings

 

The Idea of the University & the Future of Civilization – Joseph Pearce at The Imaginative Conservative.

 

The revival of England – David Shipley at The Critic Magazine.

 

Never use your own car – J. Robert Lennon at London Review of Books on Elmore Leaonard.

 

Until I Cross Water – Brian Miller at Notes from an East Tennessee Farmer.

 

Britain: Let our pubs live – Thomas Munson at The Critic Magazine.

 

Crimes that aren’t crimes in New York – Jennifer Harrison at The Spectator.