Book Synopsis:
WHAT IF SOMEONE WANTED YOUR FAMILY DEAD?
‘A tour de force’ SUNDAY TIMES
‘ A real gripper of a read’ PETER JAMES
‘Twist follows twist at a breathtaking pace’ DAILY MAIL
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It’s one of the most disturbing cases DI Fawley has ever worked.
The Christmas holidays, and two children have just been pulled from the wreckage of their burning home in North Oxford. The toddler is dead, and his brother is soon fighting for his life.
Why were they left in the house alone? Where is their mother, and why is their father not answering his phone?
Then new evidence is discovered, and DI Fawley’s worst nightmare comes true.
Because this fire wasn’t an accident. It was murder.
And the killer is still out there…
No Way Out is available now in ebook and paperback. The ebook is currently only 99p. You can purchase a copy of both using the link below.
My Review:
No Way Out is a realistic, gripping crime thriller that I couldn’t put down! I found myself hiding in the kitchen trying to read a few more pages and taking my kindle everywhere with me in the hope I could read a bit more.
Our house going on fire is one of my worse nightmares, especially if the kids were at home so I felt myself immediately drawn into the story. It led to lots of discussions with my husband about what we’d do if a fire started and led to us purchasing an escape ladder. I therefore read this book with a lot of anticipation and dread as my mind went through all of the scenarios that could happened.
The story is told from multiple points of view, which is a little confusing to start with but I soon got used to. It was great to follow the investigation as well as getting an insight into the drama happening in the detectives lives. This made the detectives seem a lot more real and meant I had a lot of empathy for them and all they were going through. They make a great team and it was lovely to see the interactions between them.
I’m normally quite good at guessing what has happened in a book but the many twists in this book made it impossible to figure out. Just when I thought I had figured it out something would happen which would have me scrambling in a completely different direction. The tension in this book slower increases as things get more complicated which makes the book hard to put down as I needed to know what was going on.
This is the third book in the series but can easily be read as a standalone, like I have done, as anything you need to know is explained. It might help to have read the books in order just so you knowing more about the background of the detectives but it doesn’t detract from the story not knowing everything that happened.
Huge thanks to Ellie from Penguin Books for inviting me onto the blog tour and for my copy of this book via Netgalley.
About The Author:
I’m lucky enough to live in the city I write about. Oxford will be familiar to crime fans across the whole world because of the fabulous Morse novels and TV, but my version of the town is a long way from the beautiful ivy-clad colleges. A much edgier place where the crimes are darker and closer to home.
I’ve always been a voracious reader and viewer of crime – I’ve learned so much from the outstanding writing that we now see on crime TV like Line of Duty or Broadchurch, and I’ve tried to recreate the experience of watching series like that for my readers. I love true crime TV as well – my husband used to tease me about it but now just nods sagely and says ‘research’ !
What else about me? I have pet cats who do their best to distract me whenever I get close to a keyboard (if you have cats, you’ll know), I love travelling, spending time with friends, and I have never knowingly turned down a glass of champagne….
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