Good morning everyone I’m so excited to be on the blog tour for The Hangman’s Hold by Michael Wood today. Michael Wood is an author I’ve heard a lot about so you can imagine how thrilled I was to be contacted by the author himself onto this blog tour.
The Hangman’s Hold is available in ebook now for the bargain price of £1.99 and in paperback on the 20th September 2018. You can purchase or pre-order your copy here.
Before I share my review with you here is a little bit about the book.
Book Synopsis:
Your life is in his hands.
In the gripping new serial killer thriller from Michael Wood, Matilda Darke faces a vicious killer pursuing his own brand of lethal justice. Perfect for fans of Angela Marsons and Helen Fields.
There’s a killer in your house.
The Hangman waits in the darkness.
He knows your darkest secrets.
He’ll make you pay for all the crimes you have tried desperately to forget.
And he is closer than you think.
DCI Matilda Darke is running out of time. Fear is spreading throughout the city. As the body count rises, Matilda is targeted and her most trusted colleagues fall under suspicion. But can she keep those closest to her from harm? Or is it already too late?
My Review:
The Hangman’s Hold is an absolutely fantastic crime thriller that I thoughly enjoyed. It’s very fast paced with new developments happening all the time and almost impossible to put down. Housework was ignored and children bribed with films so I could read a few more pages.
The book bring his up some very thought provoking subjects that I hadn’t considered before, including how affected police officers are about cases they have dealt with. The media would love us to think about the police as emotional robots that aren’t affected by such things but I don’t believe that to be the case. In this book the police officers have feelings and emotions, they cry over past victims and from frustration at not being able to find the perpetrators which was unusual but good to see.
I really liked the main character Matilda. As with all the characters in the book the reader is let into the characters personal life which made for very interesting reading and meant that you got to know them better. The thing I liked most about Matilda was how real she seemed. She had normal problems, she was approachable and able to admit when she was wrong which made me warm to her. Her relationship with her team was lovely to read about and showed the kind of person she was as she was willing to listen to their point of view, not just trying to pull rank all the time. I felt very sorry for her at times in the book, especially when the crimes start getting more personal, as I didn’t think she deserved it and it was hard to see the affect they had on her.
As mentioned above this book is very fast paced and really gripping. The constantly changing point of views and multiple suspects kept me on my toes and ensured I kept reading. The book has some very unexpected moments which made me jump at times and a few darker moments which changed the feel of the book. I had no idea where the best was going and although I had a few suspects I was taken by surprise how everything turns out.
Huge thanks Michael Wood for inviting me onto the blog tour and to Harper Collins for my copy of this book. If you like thrilling, fast paced books that you can’t put down you’ll love this book!
About The Author:
Michael Wood is a freelance journalist and proofreader living in Sheffield. As a journalist he has covered many crime stories throughout Sheffield, gaining first-hand knowledge of police procedure. He also reviews books for CrimeSquad, a website dedicated to crime fiction. He is the author of the DCI Matilda Darke series set in Sheffield. The third, A ROOM FULL OF KILLERS, will be released in February 2017. A short story prequel, THE FALLEN, is published as an ebook in December 2016 by Killer Reads at HarperCollins.
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This one sounds really good Joanna. Awesome review. Another author to check out. Is this the first in a new series? I like to get in on the ground floor, so to speak.
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