Review - The Attercop by Peter E. Fenton
The Attercop
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Volume 4 of Declan Hunt Mysteries
Tags: Mystery Private Eyes
Posted in Book Reviews on 11 November, 2026
Charlie seems to have finally arrived as a private investigator – he’s being sued by a former target of investigation. But there’s no time to worry about that. The agency has a new client requiring close protection. Meanwhile, a series of seemingly unrelated crimes starts to point to a stalker tracking Declan. When everything goes sideways, it’s down to Charlie to figure things out. Can he save the man he loves and rescue the girl?
This fourth Declan Hunt mystery seems to wrap up some of the long-running themes of the series. Whether or not this is the end of the mysteries isn’t clear. We could definitely see another story, perhaps in a new location. In the meantime, this story sees the coming-of-age of Charlie as an investigator in his own right. It also sees the relationship between Charlie and Declan reach a turning point, in very dramatic fashion.
The storytelling is a bit different in this book. We get several scenes from the villain’s point of view, in addition to sections from Declan or Charlie’s viewpoint. I admit that I didn’t warm up to this story at first, but once the action started, about halfway through, it became another page-turner that I had to finish.
The relationship between Charlie and Declan has matured naturally over the course of the books. Both men have changed to some extent as they’ve become more and more committed to each other. It would be nice to see more stories of the two working well together.
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