REVIEW BY SHOWHOST JUN 2015
If you like a crime read which is easy to
read with a touch of black humour then Linwood Barclay is as good as any
(similar to Harlan Coben). I HAVE READ
THIS AUTHOR BEFORE (No Time for Goodbye & A Tap on the Window) and thought
they were good thrillers.
As I was going away so I wanted a book that
I could read up until I went (meaning not too lengthy and easy to read). I don’t like taking library books away with
me, prefer to buy in charity shops & leave them for others to read
afterwards.
This book ticked all the boxes. It was a crime thriller, not with the same
intensity as Simon Kernick, but a good read with some predictable moments.
Set in the American Town of Promise Falls Jim cutter
is a gardener (what else with a name like that!). He used to be the chauffer for the local
Mayor until he punched the mayor on the nose.
He and his son Derek now run a landscaping/gardening business. They are good friends with their neighbours
the Langleys until that is one night they are killed in their home. What Jim doesn’t know is that his son was
hiding in their basement at the time of the murders. There was no sign of a burglary, it seemed
pre-meditated.
Derek
is convicted of the murders until another murder takes place whilst Derek is in
custody and the weapon is the same as that used to
kill the Langleys.
Why were the Langleys targeted Were the Langleys the real target or did they get the
wrong house? ? Is it all linked to some other older
murders? You’ll have to keep reading to
find out.
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