I am so excited to be sharing with you today my review of this gripping crime thriller read from MJ Lee. I really enjoyed reading it. Thank you to Tracy Fenton from Compulsive Readers for inviting me on the tour and for my copy of the book in exchange for my honest and unbiased review.
Book Description
One chance encounter, one street side murder, will change everything. The extraordinary new Ridpath crime thriller
DI Ridpath is in the process of getting his life back together when everything goes wrong.
Driving to meet his daughter, he is caught in a gruesome motorway accident, in which a near-naked man is rundown by a lorry, while fleeing from a lone gunman. As Ridpath closes Manchester’s road network in search of the assailant, one question remains: why did nobody else see him?
Ridpath’s investigations soon unearth a number of inconsistencies, which pulls the police force itself into question, and hint at something sinister to come.
For Manchester is on the brink of a fresh surge of violence unlike anything it has seen in decades, and Ridpath must battle this unprecedented conflict along with his own demons. One thing is for sure. There will be blood on the streets…
My Review
This is an absolutely fantastic read that really had me absorbed from the first page to the last and I could not put it down.
DI Ridpath is back at work after beating cancer and he is determined to get his life back to how it was before the diagnosis. Unfortunately things do not go to plan. While DI Ridpath is driving home from work he becomes witness to a fatal road accident, however this is not as simple as it seems as he believes he saw something else at the time of the accident but nobody believes him. This sets a chain of events that seem his work life get harder and harder by the day and makes him determined to prove what he saw was right. It makes him determined to fix what has happened but he's going to need all the help he can get as this could end in a gangland war from all of the major gangs within Manchester. This will mean bloodshed and heart ache for many.
This highly gripping read is the second instalment in the series with DI Ridpath. I have read both books however this could be read as a standalone read as you get enough of the back story of the DI. As you read the book and you do understand why he is so determined to prove he is still up to the job. I really liked the DI as a character, I feel he is very well written and you do feel his difficulties with him, both at work and with his home life. The way the book is written about the current situation with the police is very accurate and is very well reflected within the story. There are some great characters within the book that are doing their best to help DI Ridpath and some that are there just to win the end game, and to prove that they are the best no matter what the cost to others. I also really enjoyed learning more about the way in which forensic scientists work which really fascinated me.
This book is gripping and highly addictive it has so many twists and turns that you do not want to put the book down without finding what happens next.
I am looking forward to reading what lays in store for the DI next.
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This book was published by Canelo on 11th April 2019
About the Author
Martin has spent most of his adult life writing in one form or another. As a University researcher in history, he wrote pages of notes on reams of obscure topics. As a social worker with Vietnamese refugees, he wrote memoranda. And, as the creative director of an advertising agency, he has written print and press ads, tv commercials, short films and innumerable backs of cornflake packets and hotel websites.
He has spent 25 years of his life working outside the North of England. In London, Hong Kong, Taipei, Singapore, Bangkok and Shanghai, winning awards from Cannes, One Show, D&AD, New York and London Festivals, and the United Nations.
When he's not writing, he splits his time between the UK and Asia, taking pleasure in playing with his daughter, researching his family history, single-handedly solving the problem of the French wine lake and wishing he were George Clooney.
He has spent 25 years of his life working outside the North of England. In London, Hong Kong, Taipei, Singapore, Bangkok and Shanghai, winning awards from Cannes, One Show, D&AD, New York and London Festivals, and the United Nations.
When he's not writing, he splits his time between the UK and Asia, taking pleasure in playing with his daughter, researching his family history, single-handedly solving the problem of the French wine lake and wishing he were George Clooney.
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