The Butcher Bird

by Simon Blake

When journalist Tom Stewart and his seventeen-year-old daughter Fiona arrive in the South of France, he's hoping that a holiday together will mend some fences. Over the years, his dogged pursuit of a story as brought him success, but it hasn't helped their relationship. Now he's on the point of losing her for good.

So when Fee vanishes, together with a teenage American boy, Stewart blames himself - if only he hadn't let her go off and cool down alone after a row. And what if her disappearance is connected to the book he is writing about MIAs - soldiers who went missing in Vietnam and could still be alive? A book whose final chapter will contain a devastating revelation.

When the French police get nowhere, Tom must use all his investigative skills to find his daughter before it's too late. But as the pieces fall into place, he begins to uncover a brilliant plan so chillingly designed that only an obsessive genius could have conceived it.

Genres: Crime

470 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1998

Reviews

[Chris · Rating 3 out of 5]

Overall a very good story, but the very end was weak.

[Kier]

didn't finish

I tried, I really did, and I just couldn't get into it *shrug*

[Miss · Rating 2 out of 5]

I really struggled through this book. Typically I enjoy these types of books but I never felt engaged with the story which is a pity because I wanted to like it. It was a good plot, if a little convulted, and the characters had potential but I still had trouble connecting to them, and to the story.

[Zophas · Rating 4 out of 5]

Loved it! Sorry I'm not big on doing reviews. Most reviews just repeat what the book was all about. But I just finished reading it, so I know what it was all about. Just tell me if you liked it or not. That's all I wanna know.