"Dark angle" by Geoffrey Archer.
Tom and Markus are good friends. One day Tom's 14 year old sister goes missing. While searching for her in the woods with police they find her violated body. The friends grow apart after this incident. The murderer is caught and sentenced.
Tom and Markus meet again in Korea while serving in army two years later. They come to know that Binny, the girl who had a crush on Markus, has married his elder brother. Markus has amorous encounter with a Korean girl but loses her in the heat of war. Years after returning from Korea, Markus goes to jail on charge of man slaughter. At the time of his release, his daughter from the Korean girl, now an American, comes looking for him.
Tom is still not convinced that the convicted guy was murderer of his sister. But how can he find the truth? Is there a different truth? Was there a secret of his younger sister? Who was the murderer? Who is the dark angle?
Author has made the canvas of this book very big. The time span is about 50 years. A lot of space is occupied by the story in Korea much of which is not directly related to the story. That section could have been cut down to less than half. Although you know the killer towards end, the book does not end at that. The end of book is a bit unimaginable.
This book would have been more interesting had it been shorter. Not in the same league of other Archer books.
A so-so book. Not recommended.
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