#Blogtour: 37 Hours by J. F. Kirwan @kirwanjf @TAsTPublicity

Today I’m thrilled to be on the blog tour for 37 hours by J. F. Kirwan.  37 hours is the second book in the Nadia Laksheva Spy Thriller Series and the sequel to the fabulous 66 Meters.  It is currently only £1.99 in eBook, a bargain!

Book Description:

The only way to hunt down a killer is to become one…

After two long years spent in a secret British prison, Nadia Laksheva is suddenly granted her freedom. Yet there is a dangerous price to pay for her release: she must retrieve the Russian nuclear warhead stolen by her deadliest enemy, a powerful and ruthless terrorist known only as The Client.

But her mysterious nemesis is always one step ahead and the clock is ticking. In 37 hours, the warhead will explode, reducing the city of London to a pile of ash. Only this time, Nadia is prepared to pull the trigger at any cost…

The deadly trail will take her from crowded Moscow to the silent streets of Chernobyl, but will Nadia find what she is looking for before the clock hits zero….

My Review:

Wow what a fast paced, action packed book this is! It grabbed me from the start and made it impossible to put down as theatre was always something new happening.

It was good to read a story where the Russians were the heroes rather than the villains as they are often depicted in books or films.  The author cleverly uses the recent conflict between Russia and the Ukraine as part of the storyline which meant the reader gets to learn a little more about the troubles from both points of views.

The main character, Nadia, was brilliant! I have always been a huge fan of strong female characters and I thought she was exceptional.  She never allows herself to show others any weaknesses and refuses to fail at any task, even if it is one that she’s never done before.  She is especially determined when it comes to proving her ability against men and refuses to be beaten or allowances to be made because she is female which was great to read about!

There are some quite chilling parts in the book.  The description of what a country could hush up or how they can make people disappear, if true, is quite terrifying.  It did make me wonder what our government could be capable of in real life.  There are also some quite graphic descriptions of torture at times whibutit isdid make for uncomfortable reading at times.

This is the authors second book but it is the first I have read.  Even though it is second in a series it can easily be read as a stand alone which is what I have done.

Thanks you to Kate from TAT Publicity for many copy of this book and for inviting me on the blog tour.

About The Author:

In his day job, J. F. Kirwan travels worldwide, working on aviation safety. He lives in Paris, where he first joined a fiction class – and became hooked! So when a back injury stopped him scuba diving for two years, he wrote a thriller about a young Russian woman, Nadia, where a lot of the action occurred in dangerously deep waters. It was the only way he could carry on diving! But as the story and characters grew, he realised it was not one book, but three…