#BlogTour: Worst Case Scenario by Helen Fitzgerald @FitzHelen @OrendaBooks @annecater #WorseCaseScenarip #RandomThingsTours #5Stars

Book Synopsis:

Mary Shields is a moody, acerbic probation offer, dealing with some of Glasgow’s worst cases, and her job is on the line. Liam Macdowall was imprisoned for murdering his wife, and he’s published a series of letters to the dead woman, in a book that makes him an unlikely hero – and a poster boy for Men’s Rights activists.

Liam is released on licence into Mary’s care, but things are far from simple. Mary develops a poisonous obsession with Liam and his world, and when her son and Liam’s daughter form a relationship, Mary will stop at nothing to impose her own brand of justice … with devastating consequences.

Worse Case Scenario is available in ebook and paperback now. You can purchase a copy of both using the link below.

My Review:

I’m big fan of this author so I was very excited to be invited onto the blog tour for this her latest book, though slightly nervous about whether it would be as amazing! I needn’t have worried as Worse Case Scenario is a fantastic, dark, gritty but hilarious book that I thoroughly enjoyed!

I loved the main character Mary . Yes she’s not the most caring lady at times but she’ll do anything for her family which really endeared her to me. She’s rude, crude and very funny which made her very entertaining to read about. She’s a bit older than most detectives I read about but she was just as fiesty and clever, not letting her age or menopausal symptoms get in her way!

Although this is a fairly short book the author has managed to pack a lot of action and fun into its pages. There are some incredibly funny moments that had me laughing out loud but also some fairly embarrassing moments that had me cringing. Some of the language and descriptions are quite crude at times and might not be to everyone’s taste but they do help bring Mary to life.

Overall this was a fast, entertaining read and I can’t wait to read more from this author. I’d love for this book to be main into a film as it would be great to see Mary brought to life!

Huge thanks to Anne Cater for inviting me onto the blog tour and to Karen from Orenda publishers for my copy of this book which I received in exchange for an honest review.

About The Author:

Helen FitzGerald is the bestselling author of Dead Lovely (2007) and nine other adult and young adult thrillers, including My Last Confession (2009), The Donor (2011) and most recently The Cry (2013), which was longlisted for the Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year. Helen has worked as a criminal justice social worker for over ten years. She is one of thirteen children and grew up in Victoria, Australia. She now lives in Glasgow with her husband and two children.