Split Second - by R C Bridgestock (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

What if one moment - one split second - changed everything?

When a firearms officer shoots a suspect dead and wounds another, who later dies in hospital, the official line is that the sun was in her eyes. Her body cam failed.

Known only as Officer X, her anonymity is meant to protect her - until a judge releases her name and a media storm erupts.

DSI Jack Dylan and DI Charley Mann are called in to determine whether it was a justifiable use of force - or something darker. And when it's revealed that Officer X knew the victim, and her brother died of a drug overdose linked to the same woman, the case becomes charged with personal and political tension.

As pressure mounts, a vulnerable witness dies and a lost phone surfaces with a photograph and a message that could unravel everything - and reveal the truth about what happened that day.

Split Second brings Dylan and Mann together for the first time, in an investigation that will test their instincts, their loyalties and the limits of justice itself, as both detectives must decide how far they'll go - and what they're willing to sacrifice - to uncover the truth.

Review Quotes

Praise for R.C. Bridgestock:

'A cracking story' Sun

'A compelling story with a procedural authenticity that few authors can match' M.W. Craven

'R. C. Bridgestock always deliver a cracking story with an expert's insight' Howard Linskey

**Voted #8 'Best Crime Authors of All Time' by WHSmith readers**

About the Author

Former Head of CID Bob Bridgestock is now an international best selling author, along with his wife Carol who also worked for WYP as a civilian employee. The couple, who write under the pen name of R. C. Bridgestock, were voted WHSmith Readers #8 Best Crime Authors of All Time. The writing duo created the character DI Jack Dylan, a detective from Harrowfield; presently there are nine books in the Dylan series and 2020 saw the launch of a new series starring a strong Yorkshire female, Detective Inspector Charley Mann.