Yes I know, she’s the Queen of Crime, yes she’s written loads and sold millions. Yes I paid £20 for this book! Lots of very short chapters, lots of gangster violence, plenty of clichéd phrases. And I don’t care or like any of the family. An editor should step up…
Score 3/10
Date read December 2019
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Another thriller that falls short. This felt like the author fancied doing some research in Sweden and got a good holiday on expenses. Surely there are enough Nordic crime novels around that we don’t need an English author to join in. Anyway the story hangs on a recovering female teenager who has been involved in a car crash and worse. I didn’t buy into the story or the credibility of the characters. Book group had mixed feelings and gave a 5/10 me 3
Score 3/10
Date read December 2019
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Yep I’m recommending this brooding thriller. What she does so well is take the reader to the heat and remoteness of Australia. Wrap this up to a murder mystery with some dysfunctional family members and what’s not to like. A man is found dead in the middle of his Australian desert. There’s no rhyme or reason for him to have been there, miles away from his well provisioned, working car. His other two brothers try to work out what has happened.
Score 6.5/10
Date read July 2019
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I’d describe this as a fairly decent crime novel. The author is starting a series and there is quite a lot of setting up. Based in India it has a good flavour and I’m sure will build into a good string of books. Our WS book group scored it 6.5, me 5/10. Not bad for a debut novel.
Score 5/10
Date read January 2019
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