The legend at the top of the book says unputdownable, so did it live up to the gumph?
Oh Yes!
What a great story.
Set in a small town in the Welsh valleys a series of assaults and arson attacks are investigated by DI Alex King and her team.
When a body is found, amongst the debris in a fire at a derelict hospital, it could appear to be a homeless person that has been involved in an accident. But when the post mortem confirms he had been killed prior to the fire King and her team have a murder on their hands.
When a local convenience store is torched is it a coincidence?
As the investigation into the two incidents continues the team are confronted with a series of assaults and arsons which have them desperate to find the culprits.
Meanwhile King is struggling in her own life. Somebody is sending her a message and it’s not a nice one.
As is typical in real life the story revolves around 3 or 4 families in a small community that are making life difficult for everybody else.
Internal wrangling’s, and feuds between the families seem to be the reason the crimes are taking place but trying to unravel the threads is proving impossible for the team.
Can they find out who is responsible for the crimes before more people get hurt?
No, the trail of human and property destruction gets longer, and the team follow it to what is one of the most tense climaxes of a book I’ve read for a while.
Ok, so any book which involves fire as part of the crime gets my attention. It’s what I do for a living, so it would do.
Yes, I do get a bit knit-picky and hyper-critical. Not with this book.
This is Book 3 in the series and I hadn’t read the first 2. Did I get the feeling I was joining the party half way through?
Actually, no I didn’t, this is a great stand-alone story which I have no doubt is complemented by the 2 previous books, which I have just downloaded onto my Kindle to read around the pool on holiday.
I’ll be eagerly waiting book 4.
Pages: 277
Publisher: Bookouture
Publishing Date: 19th June 2018
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