Death in a Lonely Place by Stig Abell
| Death in a Lonely Place by Stig Abell | |
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| Category: Crime | |
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Reviewer: Sue Magee
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| Summary: The second book in the series is perhaps not of the same quality as the first book but is still a good read, particularly if you’ve not had your real-life fill of shadowy organisations organising life for a wealthy elite. | |
| Buy? Yes | Borrow? Yes |
| Pages: 352 | Date: April 2024 |
| Publisher: Hemlock Press | |
| External links: Author's website | |
| ISBN: 978-0008517069 | |
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Former Metropolitan Police detective, Jake Johnson, has settled into his rustic life at Little Sky. There’s perhaps a little uncertainty about the future of his life with his vet girlfriend, Livia and her daughter Diana, as moving in together would mean a lot of compromise: does Jake give up his off-grid and relaxing life to move in with Livia or does Livia move to Little Sky despite her reservations about whether or not this is the future she wants for herself and her daughter? For the moment they’re enjoying life in the present and putting the future on the back burner.
And so life might have continued had it not been for the approach from DCI Watson. Jake had worked with him on a case a couple of years ago and Watson would now like Jake’s help again. A young girl has been snatched and he’s run out of clues to pursue - except for a crumpled business card on which is printed ‘No Taboos’. Jake’s aware that there’s a shady organisation of that name - a concierge service to supply the super rich with experiences which they would not otherwise be able to obtain legally. He found it difficult to investigate when he was a detective: it’s going to be even more difficult now but the fate of young Laura worries him. Livia has a different approach: she’s more worried about the safety of their burgeoning family.
‘Implausible’ was a word which sprang to my mind on more than one occasion, from the convenient discovery of the business card through to some of the coincidences later in the book. Perhaps there have been too many politicians talking about shadowy cabals and conspiracies (usually to sell books, it has to be said) for me not to groan when I read about another. BUT - this is a good book. It’s Stig Abell, so the writing is exquisite. I wasn’t quite so convinced about the plot as I was when I read Death Under a Little Sky but it still made for a good read.
As well as reading the book, I listened to an audio download, which I bought myself. It’s narrated by Oliver Hembrough. Hembrough has a good range of voices and I was never in any doubt about who was speaking even if the voices were not quite as I expected.
I’d like to thank the publishers for letting Bookbag have a review copy: we look forward to reading the next book in the series.
The first book in the series was Death Under a Little Sky
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