#BlogTour: Shores of Death by Peter Richie @bwpublishing @PeterRi13759572 #ShoresOfDeath #5Stars

Book Synopsis:

Grace Macallan is at breaking point. All around her, events threaten to run out of control – and a new investigation is testing her to the limit.

An undercover officer is missing and a woman is washed up, traumatised and barely alive, on the shores of Berwickshire. She has witnessed horror on the dark waters of the North Sea, but survival turns her life from a bad dream into a nightmare.

As she untangles the woman’s story, Grace is drawn into a cold-blooded criminal world. At its head is Pete Handyside, a notorious gangland boss who will fight hard and dirty to control his brutal empire and keep the money flowing.

But a traitor in his midst is intent upon betrayal – a betrayal that triggers an uncontrollable wave of violence. As she hones in on crucial evidence, Grace knows that one wrong move could end in tragedy.

Shores of Death is available in ebook and paperback now, you can purchase a copy of both here.

My Review:

I’m a huge fan of this fantastic series so I was absolutely delighted when I was asked to be on the blog tour for the latest book, Shores of Death.  This is another brilliant addition to the series.  It’s raw, dark, gritty and utterly addictive.

The book opens on quite a harrowing scene involving human trafficking which gave me a bit of a lump in my throat.  The author doesn’t shy away from describing situations as they would probably unfold which makes the situation seem very real and makes for some difficult reading at times. The book is about gang activity, which I’ve always had a bit if a weird fascination with, but can probably give you a good idea of the level of violence involved.

I love Grace.  She’s such a strong, able woman that is great to read about.  Her struggle to try and find a balance between work and family was an interesting one and seemed quite realistic.  It did make me warm to her even more as she seemed really conflicted about what to do.  It was nice to read a book where an officer had a nice, stable relationship at home instead of the broken ones normally depicted.

This book is quite fast paced and very gripping.  I felt immediately drawn into the story and the case turning the pages faster and faster as I tried to work out what would happen, how it would be resolved.  There is some humour in the book which helps break up the grim case and gives the reader some light relief.  This is mainly from banter between Grace’s team and was very funny at times.

I liked that Peter has put alot of himself into this book.  Not only was he a police officer so his books are always very true to life but he was also a deep sea fisherman so that characters is also very realistically portrayed.

This is the third book in the series but could easily be read as a standalone as anything you need to know is explained.  You might get a better reading experience if you have read the other books in the series however as you will get to know more about the characters and their history.

Huge thanks to Lina from Black and White publishing for inviting me onto the blog tour.  If you like gritty, original and thrilling crime books you’ll love this book!

About The Author:

Follow The Blog Tour:

If you liked the sound of this book from my review please follow the blog tour and find out what these other fabulous bloggers are saying.