I know I know I made you promises and I’ve failed to keep them, Hope Road was indeed next on my reading list but because it was a promo copy that had been emailed to me I needed to connect my Kindle to the computer to sync it up and start reading it, this of course hadn’t happened by the time I needed a new book so I read The Wages of Sin first instead.
First though I’d like to talk about the book I was still reading when I wrote my last review, Blood Guilt, it’s a novel about a detective who accidentally kills a man in a drunken rage following the death of his own Son. He goes to jail and when he comes out he finds himself trying to help the widow of the man he killed whose son has now been kidnapped. The book is very well written and there is great character development with plenty of twists and turns of did he do it or was it him? to keep you guessing right up until the very end. Currently available on Amazon for under a quid it’s got to be worth a punt.
I then read The Wages of Sin by Tim Ellis, he’s another author new to me and this is the second in a series of novels about the Characters Parish and Richards(I’ve since gotten the first novel so will review that at a later point once I’ve read it) There is no problem with starting at this point although I’m sure it would be better to read them in order, this does stand up as a standalone book with sufficient details of the principal characters backgrounds to not worry too much. The book is very well written with lots of dark humour and arguments with the Senior Detective (Parish) coming across as a boorish oaf along the lines of Gene Hunt bullying the gifted young trainee whilst secretly caring for her very deeply. Again available on Amazon for under a quid and not to be sniffed at.
And now on to the headline story, Hope Road by John Barlow.
I thoroughly enjoyed this book too, but would like to make mention of the fact that the copy I read did contain a number of minor editorial errors or typo’s (who am I to talk right)which I found irritating even if they didn’t affect the story itself. The copy I read was a promotional copy sent to me by the author so I cannot say whether these errors have been corrected in the published version available through Amazon. The book itself it well conceived, the characters are likeable and well-developed and there are plenty of nasty characters along the way and enough twists and turns to keep the plot singing to you right up until the final page. I’ll definitely be keeping an eye out for future John Barlow novels and parting with my own money if he’s not kind enough to send me more preview copies.
The books are all available for under a quid on my Amazon store now.
This offers the same services and pricing as buying directly from Amazon with me getting a miniscule kickback which is greatly appreciated.
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