A review by flogigyahoo
Body & Soul by John Harvey

4.0

The 4th and last book in the Frank Elder series. I say last because John Harvey now in his 80th year will probably not be writing another. The first 3 novels in the series were excellent. Full of atmosphere and Frank Elder, retired detective living in Cornwall, a fine and admirable character. In his final mystery Elder seems to lose his cool too many times and appears to be shunted aside by various members of the police in a case involving his daughter Katherine who was abducted and raped at age 16. Elder managed to rescue her then but is plagued by worry and guilt that he cannot help her get her life back together. When her abductor escapes from prison, he wants revenge and exacts it from Elder after a chase by the cops all over England. A little disappointing since there is little police procedural which was Elder's strong point.