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The untold story of how British policing's most highly-classified operation originated.
It is 1988 in Hackney, east London - a place dubbed the most awful place in Britain.
With the highest crime rates in Europe and a falling conviction rate, a ruthless group of officers are taking the law into their own hands - passing judgments that should be left to the courts.
Ambitious and driven, Detective Inspector Cat Skeldon is on to them and her small team is determined to expose their malpractice.
This could be a major problem for PC Arran Cunningham because he's enmeshed in both camps. And when the vigilante group execute a young man for a crime he didn't commit, Cunningham seems to be the only one that is aware of the mistake. Secretly, he hunts down the guilty man who has escaped justice. What he discovers will change all of their lives forever.
The first part of the 'Hunts' trilogy reveals how the Skeldon-Cunningham investigative partnership was formed. It will become vital in exposing corruption at the highest levels of British society in the years that follow.
The untold story of how British policing's most highly-classified operation originated.
It is 1988 in Hackney, east London - a place dubbed the most awful place in Britain.
With the highest crime rates in Europe and a falling conviction rate, a ruthless group of officers are taking the law into their own hands - passing judgments that should be left to the courts.
Ambitious and driven, Detective Inspector Cat Skeldon is on to them and her small team is determined to expose their malpractice.
This could be a major problem for PC Arran Cunningham because he's enmeshed in both camps. And when the vigilante group execute a young man for a crime he didn't commit, Cunningham seems to be the only one that is aware of the mistake. Secretly, he hunts down the guilty man who has escaped justice. What he discovers will change all of their lives forever.
The first part of the 'Hunts' trilogy reveals how the Skeldon-Cunningham investigative partnership was formed. It will become vital in exposing corruption at the highest levels of British society in the years that follow.
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January 9, 2024
This book takes readers on a gripping journey into the underbelly of British policing, unravelling the origins of a highly classified operation in the heart of Hackney, East London, during the tumultuous year of 1988. Durnie paints a vivid picture of a community gripped by crime, earning Hackney the dubious title of the most awful place in Britain.
The story is anchored by Detective Inspector Cat Skeldon, an ambitious and driven officer determined to uphold the law in the face of rising crime rates and a declining conviction rate. As she delves into the shadows of her own department, she discovers a group of rogue officers taking justice into their own hands, blurring the line between right and wrong.
At the centre of this maelstrom is PC Arran Cunningham, a conflicted figure enmeshed in both the righteous pursuit of justice and the clandestine activities of the vigilante group. The tension escalates when the group executes a young man for a crime he did not commit, putting Cunningham in a moral quandary as he seeks to rectify the grave mistake. The story masterfully navigates the complexities of loyalty, morality, and the blurred lines between right and wrong.
Durnie weaves a suspenseful narrative that keeps readers on the edge of their seats. The small investigative team led by Skeldon races against time to expose the vigilante officers, unravelling a web of corruption that reaches the highest echelons of British society. The stakes are raised when Cunningham, torn between two worlds, becomes the lone witness to the vigilante group's fatal error.
The strength of this story lies not only in its compelling plot but also in its well-drawn characters. Skeldon and Cunningham's partnership emerges as a central force, providing a foundation for the subsequent revelations and battles against corruption in the trilogy. Durnie skilfully sets the stage for a larger narrative, hinting at the seismic impact the investigative duo will have on exposing corruption in the years to come.
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The story is anchored by Detective Inspector Cat Skeldon, an ambitious and driven officer determined to uphold the law in the face of rising crime rates and a declining conviction rate. As she delves into the shadows of her own department, she discovers a group of rogue officers taking justice into their own hands, blurring the line between right and wrong.
At the centre of this maelstrom is PC Arran Cunningham, a conflicted figure enmeshed in both the righteous pursuit of justice and the clandestine activities of the vigilante group. The tension escalates when the group executes a young man for a crime he did not commit, putting Cunningham in a moral quandary as he seeks to rectify the grave mistake. The story masterfully navigates the complexities of loyalty, morality, and the blurred lines between right and wrong.
Durnie weaves a suspenseful narrative that keeps readers on the edge of their seats. The small investigative team led by Skeldon races against time to expose the vigilante officers, unravelling a web of corruption that reaches the highest echelons of British society. The stakes are raised when Cunningham, torn between two worlds, becomes the lone witness to the vigilante group's fatal error.
The strength of this story lies not only in its compelling plot but also in its well-drawn characters. Skeldon and Cunningham's partnership emerges as a central force, providing a foundation for the subsequent revelations and battles against corruption in the trilogy. Durnie skilfully sets the stage for a larger narrative, hinting at the seismic impact the investigative duo will have on exposing corruption in the years to come.
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January 8, 2024The first thing to say is that the title won’t make much sense if you just randomly saw it on a shelf, but pick it up and you will see it is the first part of a trilogy, the two following novels being Skins and Kills. We meet Arran Cunningham, a young Scot. He is a Metropolitan Police officer working in Hackney, East London. Not being a Londoner, I have no idea what Hackney is like these days. I suspect it may have become more gentrified than it was in the spring of 1988. What Cunningham sees when he is walking his beat is something of a warzone. There is a large black population, mostly of Jamaican origin, and the lid is only just holding its own on a pot of simmering racial tensions, turf wars between drug gangs and a general air of despair and degeneration.
The pivotal event in the novel is a mugging (for expensive trainers) that turns into rape. The victim is a black teenager called Nadia Carrick. The attackers are a trio of young white men, led by a boy nicknamed Spider. They are unemployed, drug addicted, and live in a squat. Nadia tries to conceal the attack from her father, Stanton, but eventually he learns the true extent of her nightmare, and he seeks retribution. Stanton Carrick is an accountant, but a rather special one. His sole employer is Eldine Campbell, ostensibly a club and café owner, but actually the main drugs boss in the borough, and someone who needs his obscene profits legitimised.
Carrick is also a great friend of Arran Cunningham, who learns what has happened to Nadia. Purely by luck he saw Spider and his two chums on the night of the incident, but was unaware at the time of what had happened. Rather than use his own men to avenge Nadia’s rape, Eldine Campbell has a rather interesting solution. He has what could be called a “special relationship’ with a group of police officers, led by Detective Chief Inspector Vince Girvan, and he assigns them the task of dealing with with the perpetrators.
Meanwhile, Girvan has taken a special interest in Arran Cunningham, and assigns him to plain clothes duties, the first of which is to be a part of the crew eliminating Spider and his cronies. In at the deep end, he is not involved with their abduction, but is brought in as the trio are executed in a particularly grisly – but some might say appropriate – fashion. There is problem, though, and it is a big one. He recognises Spider’s two accomplices, but the third man is just someone random, and totally innocent of anything involving Nadia.
The three bodies are disposed of in the traditional fashion via a scrapyard crushing machine, but Cunningham is in a corner. His dilemma is intensified when his immediate boss, DI Kat Skeldon, aware that there is a police force within a police force operating, enrols him to be ‘on the side of the angels.’ As if things couldn’t become more complex, Cunningham learns that Stanton Carrick is dying of cancer.
JL Durnie’s plot trajectory which, thus far, had seemed on a fairly steady arc, spins violently away from its course when he reveals a totally unexpected relationship between two of the principle players in this drama, and this forces Cunningham into drastic action.
The author was a long-serving officer in the Met, and so we can take it as read that his descriptions of their day-to-day procedures are authentic. In Arran Cunningham, he has created a perfectly credible anti-hero. I am not entirely sure that he is someone I would trust with my life, but I eagerly await the next instalment of his career. Hunts is published by Caprington Press and will be available on 8th January.
The pivotal event in the novel is a mugging (for expensive trainers) that turns into rape. The victim is a black teenager called Nadia Carrick. The attackers are a trio of young white men, led by a boy nicknamed Spider. They are unemployed, drug addicted, and live in a squat. Nadia tries to conceal the attack from her father, Stanton, but eventually he learns the true extent of her nightmare, and he seeks retribution. Stanton Carrick is an accountant, but a rather special one. His sole employer is Eldine Campbell, ostensibly a club and café owner, but actually the main drugs boss in the borough, and someone who needs his obscene profits legitimised.
Carrick is also a great friend of Arran Cunningham, who learns what has happened to Nadia. Purely by luck he saw Spider and his two chums on the night of the incident, but was unaware at the time of what had happened. Rather than use his own men to avenge Nadia’s rape, Eldine Campbell has a rather interesting solution. He has what could be called a “special relationship’ with a group of police officers, led by Detective Chief Inspector Vince Girvan, and he assigns them the task of dealing with with the perpetrators.
Meanwhile, Girvan has taken a special interest in Arran Cunningham, and assigns him to plain clothes duties, the first of which is to be a part of the crew eliminating Spider and his cronies. In at the deep end, he is not involved with their abduction, but is brought in as the trio are executed in a particularly grisly – but some might say appropriate – fashion. There is problem, though, and it is a big one. He recognises Spider’s two accomplices, but the third man is just someone random, and totally innocent of anything involving Nadia.
The three bodies are disposed of in the traditional fashion via a scrapyard crushing machine, but Cunningham is in a corner. His dilemma is intensified when his immediate boss, DI Kat Skeldon, aware that there is a police force within a police force operating, enrols him to be ‘on the side of the angels.’ As if things couldn’t become more complex, Cunningham learns that Stanton Carrick is dying of cancer.
JL Durnie’s plot trajectory which, thus far, had seemed on a fairly steady arc, spins violently away from its course when he reveals a totally unexpected relationship between two of the principle players in this drama, and this forces Cunningham into drastic action.
The author was a long-serving officer in the Met, and so we can take it as read that his descriptions of their day-to-day procedures are authentic. In Arran Cunningham, he has created a perfectly credible anti-hero. I am not entirely sure that he is someone I would trust with my life, but I eagerly await the next instalment of his career. Hunts is published by Caprington Press and will be available on 8th January.
January 17, 2024
Here is my review of Hunts by J L Durnie
It took me a while to get into this story but once I got into it, I was hooked and found it hard to put down. It’s a very intriguing story with lots of people and very twisty and turny but so involved, it’s worth investing the time to read it. It’s very gritty and true to life, just like life was in those days. It certainly read well and I liked that, it just took a while to get used to the author’s writing style. The characters were real life people so some you liked, some you didn’t. It was based around a small group of police officers taking justice in their own hands and dishing out their own punishments, whilst corrupting a young police officer not long in the force but he is torn and helping someone who is investigating them. So it is a double edged sword for him but the telling of the story is outstanding. Well worth a read and I’m looking forward to the next one in the series. I can’t wait.
Blurb :
The untold story of how British policing's most highly-classified operation originated.
It is 1988 in Hackney, east London - a place dubbed the most awful place in Britain.
With the highest crime rates in Europe and a falling conviction rate, a ruthless group of officers are taking the law into their own hands - passing judgments that should be left to the courts.
Ambitious and driven, Detective Inspector Cat Skeldon is on to them and her small team is determined to expose their malpractice.
This could be a major problem for PC Arran Cunningham because he's enmeshed in both camps. And when the vigilante group execute a young man for a crime he didn't commit, Cunningham seems to be the only one that is aware of the mistake. Secretly, he hunts down the guilty man who has escaped justice. What he discovers will change all of their lives forever.
The first part of the 'Hunts' trilogy reveals how the Skeldon-Cunningham investigative partnership was formed. It will become vital in exposing corruption at the highest levels of British society in the years that follow.
It took me a while to get into this story but once I got into it, I was hooked and found it hard to put down. It’s a very intriguing story with lots of people and very twisty and turny but so involved, it’s worth investing the time to read it. It’s very gritty and true to life, just like life was in those days. It certainly read well and I liked that, it just took a while to get used to the author’s writing style. The characters were real life people so some you liked, some you didn’t. It was based around a small group of police officers taking justice in their own hands and dishing out their own punishments, whilst corrupting a young police officer not long in the force but he is torn and helping someone who is investigating them. So it is a double edged sword for him but the telling of the story is outstanding. Well worth a read and I’m looking forward to the next one in the series. I can’t wait.
Blurb :
The untold story of how British policing's most highly-classified operation originated.
It is 1988 in Hackney, east London - a place dubbed the most awful place in Britain.
With the highest crime rates in Europe and a falling conviction rate, a ruthless group of officers are taking the law into their own hands - passing judgments that should be left to the courts.
Ambitious and driven, Detective Inspector Cat Skeldon is on to them and her small team is determined to expose their malpractice.
This could be a major problem for PC Arran Cunningham because he's enmeshed in both camps. And when the vigilante group execute a young man for a crime he didn't commit, Cunningham seems to be the only one that is aware of the mistake. Secretly, he hunts down the guilty man who has escaped justice. What he discovers will change all of their lives forever.
The first part of the 'Hunts' trilogy reveals how the Skeldon-Cunningham investigative partnership was formed. It will become vital in exposing corruption at the highest levels of British society in the years that follow.
January 9, 2024
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Hunts by JL Durnie
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Thanks to Anne @randomthingstours for organising this blog tour.
I was really keen to read this crime thriller, even though this is usually not my go to genre, as it is based on actual events and set in Hackney in London!
The story initially starts in 1976 when Arran Cunnigham partakes in a 'hunt' and then fast forwards to the late 1980s where he is working as a police officer. However he is exposed to the incredulous and corrupt behaviour of the judicial system and becomes aware of the unlawful killing of a man for a crime that he did not commit. Arran then undertakes a mission to seek out the real perpetrator alongside DI Cat Skeldon, and ends up uncovering a massive web of lies and deceit from the inside that will change the course of the judicial system over time.
I loved that it was set in Hackney as I used to love in East Ham so I really could picture all the different places and with the story being based on actual facts it made it so much more atmospheric. It is really sad that there is so much corruption still to this day within the system that it meant to be there to protect us and that so many people are sentenced for crimes they did not commit and the police are getting away with it! Obviously not all police officers are this way inclined but even just one corrupt officer can cause a multitude of sin against others if left unexposed and without punishment.
A really good gripping story.
Hunts by JL Durnie
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Thanks to Anne @randomthingstours for organising this blog tour.
I was really keen to read this crime thriller, even though this is usually not my go to genre, as it is based on actual events and set in Hackney in London!
The story initially starts in 1976 when Arran Cunnigham partakes in a 'hunt' and then fast forwards to the late 1980s where he is working as a police officer. However he is exposed to the incredulous and corrupt behaviour of the judicial system and becomes aware of the unlawful killing of a man for a crime that he did not commit. Arran then undertakes a mission to seek out the real perpetrator alongside DI Cat Skeldon, and ends up uncovering a massive web of lies and deceit from the inside that will change the course of the judicial system over time.
I loved that it was set in Hackney as I used to love in East Ham so I really could picture all the different places and with the story being based on actual facts it made it so much more atmospheric. It is really sad that there is so much corruption still to this day within the system that it meant to be there to protect us and that so many people are sentenced for crimes they did not commit and the police are getting away with it! Obviously not all police officers are this way inclined but even just one corrupt officer can cause a multitude of sin against others if left unexposed and without punishment.
A really good gripping story.
January 19, 2024
I love a gritty police crime/thriller read, and with its plotline featuring simmering racial tensions, police corruption, vigiliantism, turf wars, drugs gangs, rape, violence, retribution, revenge and a brilliantly executed and unexpected twist at the end. Hunts certainly fits the bill!
The story is based around real events that took place in Hackney in 1988. What's even better is that the author provides another level of authenticity and depth to the story, having served in a variety of roles in the Metropolitan Police Dept.
It was a slow start. But quickly picked up pace, and J.L's vivid scene setting, intense plotline, and brilliantly constructed and portrayed characters sucked me in, took me on an emotional rollercoaster journey exploring justice, revenge, double crossing, lies, deceit, trust, misplaced loyalty and everything in between and spat me out the other end, eager to read more.
It provides a great insight into police procedures, the reality of policing in some of the most deprived and crime-ridden places in the country, and the impact and consequences that this has on society and the people caught up in it. Good, bad, and ugly.
If you like books/programmes like Line of Duty, Better and The Shield etc... this fabulous debut deserves a place on your tbr. No question!
I loved J.L's writing style and can't wait to read the rest of the series. 'Skins' and 'Kills'. He's definitely an author to watch going forward.
The story is based around real events that took place in Hackney in 1988. What's even better is that the author provides another level of authenticity and depth to the story, having served in a variety of roles in the Metropolitan Police Dept.
It was a slow start. But quickly picked up pace, and J.L's vivid scene setting, intense plotline, and brilliantly constructed and portrayed characters sucked me in, took me on an emotional rollercoaster journey exploring justice, revenge, double crossing, lies, deceit, trust, misplaced loyalty and everything in between and spat me out the other end, eager to read more.
It provides a great insight into police procedures, the reality of policing in some of the most deprived and crime-ridden places in the country, and the impact and consequences that this has on society and the people caught up in it. Good, bad, and ugly.
If you like books/programmes like Line of Duty, Better and The Shield etc... this fabulous debut deserves a place on your tbr. No question!
I loved J.L's writing style and can't wait to read the rest of the series. 'Skins' and 'Kills'. He's definitely an author to watch going forward.
December 30, 2023
The first of a trilogy by this ex Met policeman and whilst fictional is based on actual events. It is 1976 in one of the UK’s most socially deprived areas, Hackney, London, when we first meet a young Arran Cunningham, taking part in a ‘hunt’ the detail of which is revealed over the course of the book. Fast forward to 1988 and Arran is now a probationary police officer in Hackney, where criminals and corrupt police officers operate with total impunity.
Briefly, things begin to spiral out of control following an assault of a girl. The consequences for all are felt deeply and in particular for Arran who finds himself drawn into the world of criminality. Luckily he finds a possible saviour in DI Cat Skelton but can she rescue him from the hole he has driven himself into. And where does his girlfriend Gina stand?
It’s terrible to see how a group of unscrupulous police officers are able to act with no repercussions. Arran is a good character, a product of his upbringing he seems to be a good person and I look forward to see how his character and the Skeldon-Cunningham partnership develops. A superb storyline and we are left in massive suspense to see where the story goes next. Bring it on!!
Briefly, things begin to spiral out of control following an assault of a girl. The consequences for all are felt deeply and in particular for Arran who finds himself drawn into the world of criminality. Luckily he finds a possible saviour in DI Cat Skelton but can she rescue him from the hole he has driven himself into. And where does his girlfriend Gina stand?
It’s terrible to see how a group of unscrupulous police officers are able to act with no repercussions. Arran is a good character, a product of his upbringing he seems to be a good person and I look forward to see how his character and the Skeldon-Cunningham partnership develops. A superb storyline and we are left in massive suspense to see where the story goes next. Bring it on!!
January 12, 2024
Hunts... Well I wasn't 100% sure on this book when I first picked it up to read. It started as a slow burner for myself but I am so glad that I persevered. This book really hits you hard. I struggled initially with all the characters and the names of them, but I soon got my head around them.
This book starts with a mugging that turns vicious and ends with a rape in 1988 Hackney. The victim only trusts a small handful of people and a few of those are very undesirable. What occurs after this shocking incident is an insight into the police force and the vigilante officers, who although are supposedly law abiding citizens who are upholding the law, they are also in the "back pocket" of the local drug smuggler, gang lord who uses these officers to take matters in their own hands.
Enter Arran, a young police officer who happens to see the muggers when he is on the beat one evening. When he gets pushed up through the ranks at the police force, he finds himself doubting everything he believes in, and witnesses the revenge installed on the muggers in what was a very graphic situation. His boss, a new DI, Kat, becomes very interested in Arran and the undertakings of some of his fellow officers.
This book is a battle, a physical battle, a battle of wills, and a battle between right and wrong. A really clever insight into the justice system and who you can really trust to protect the country.
TV shows such as "Line of Duty" highlight corrupt police officers have become popular over the years, and this book is based on those lines. I found that I didn't want this book to end, and excited to see after that this book will be part of a trilogy, where I can only hope that we follow Arran through his battles with both criminals and the police force.
Anyone that enjoys police dramas will really enjoy this book and will not regret their decision to read it.
This book starts with a mugging that turns vicious and ends with a rape in 1988 Hackney. The victim only trusts a small handful of people and a few of those are very undesirable. What occurs after this shocking incident is an insight into the police force and the vigilante officers, who although are supposedly law abiding citizens who are upholding the law, they are also in the "back pocket" of the local drug smuggler, gang lord who uses these officers to take matters in their own hands.
Enter Arran, a young police officer who happens to see the muggers when he is on the beat one evening. When he gets pushed up through the ranks at the police force, he finds himself doubting everything he believes in, and witnesses the revenge installed on the muggers in what was a very graphic situation. His boss, a new DI, Kat, becomes very interested in Arran and the undertakings of some of his fellow officers.
This book is a battle, a physical battle, a battle of wills, and a battle between right and wrong. A really clever insight into the justice system and who you can really trust to protect the country.
TV shows such as "Line of Duty" highlight corrupt police officers have become popular over the years, and this book is based on those lines. I found that I didn't want this book to end, and excited to see after that this book will be part of a trilogy, where I can only hope that we follow Arran through his battles with both criminals and the police force.
Anyone that enjoys police dramas will really enjoy this book and will not regret their decision to read it.
January 19, 2024
Well! What an absolute page turner!
I don't often compare books to TV but this one absolutely gave me Line Of Duty vibes and I was so there for it!
I loved the series' and I just know that I'm going to love the whole of this new trilogy!
Hunts is book one of a new crime thriller series set in London in the 1980's.
The London Met are corrupt and there's a new team being set up to sort it out!
I'm giving no more of the plot away - but suffice to say that this one will grab you from the start and will not let you go!
I'm completely hooked and a little sad that I now have to wait for book 2!!
The setting and characters were just perfect! So realistic and believable.
I see that the author used to work in the Met and this absolutely shines through in the writing.
The setting, characters and nostalgia just jumps off the page and I was so immersed that I couldn't put this down at all!
All too often, the setting up of the storylines and the character presentation in a series takes up the whole first book and this often overwhelms me - but that was so not the case here!
This was fast-paced and exciting, already full of tension.
I loved the characters and the dynamics in and out of the team.
My only question is...Mr Durnie...when can we get out hands on book 2!!?
I don't often compare books to TV but this one absolutely gave me Line Of Duty vibes and I was so there for it!
I loved the series' and I just know that I'm going to love the whole of this new trilogy!
Hunts is book one of a new crime thriller series set in London in the 1980's.
The London Met are corrupt and there's a new team being set up to sort it out!
I'm giving no more of the plot away - but suffice to say that this one will grab you from the start and will not let you go!
I'm completely hooked and a little sad that I now have to wait for book 2!!
The setting and characters were just perfect! So realistic and believable.
I see that the author used to work in the Met and this absolutely shines through in the writing.
The setting, characters and nostalgia just jumps off the page and I was so immersed that I couldn't put this down at all!
All too often, the setting up of the storylines and the character presentation in a series takes up the whole first book and this often overwhelms me - but that was so not the case here!
This was fast-paced and exciting, already full of tension.
I loved the characters and the dynamics in and out of the team.
My only question is...Mr Durnie...when can we get out hands on book 2!!?
January 18, 2024
Wow! This is the most original book I’ve read in a while. This is one hell of an explosive debut.
It’s extremely well paced, and the action shows massive amounts of insight. The author shows his understanding and emotion, as well as empathy for the characters.
This takes us back to a different era in policing and from the beginning I found myself invested in the characters and the story. I wanted to know how things turned out and what was going to be the end result in this first instalment of a trilogy that will blow the socks off the crime writing world.
I tore through the book in just over a day, having to slow down as there were a few storylines and they were all running concurrently. So, I was worried I’d miss something if I didn’t.
My only very minor issue were the numbers within each day. It slowed the story down and I was slightly confused as to why they were there.
This does not stop the book from being a five star read. It’s a sharp, clever, and engaging read that never fails to keep you wondering exactly how much is true here! I can’t wait to read book 2!
With thanks to Anne Cater, the publisher and the author for the advanced reading copy of this book.
It’s extremely well paced, and the action shows massive amounts of insight. The author shows his understanding and emotion, as well as empathy for the characters.
This takes us back to a different era in policing and from the beginning I found myself invested in the characters and the story. I wanted to know how things turned out and what was going to be the end result in this first instalment of a trilogy that will blow the socks off the crime writing world.
I tore through the book in just over a day, having to slow down as there were a few storylines and they were all running concurrently. So, I was worried I’d miss something if I didn’t.
My only very minor issue were the numbers within each day. It slowed the story down and I was slightly confused as to why they were there.
This does not stop the book from being a five star read. It’s a sharp, clever, and engaging read that never fails to keep you wondering exactly how much is true here! I can’t wait to read book 2!
With thanks to Anne Cater, the publisher and the author for the advanced reading copy of this book.
January 28, 2024
When reading the blurb for this, I thought this sounded original, edgy and very interesting. Whilst the story itself is all those things, I struggled a bit with the writing style. Sometimes it took me a few reads of a sentence to work out what the author was trying to tell me, and this lost its flow for me. I seem to be the odd one out here and it did get easier as the book progressed, just took me a while to get into it.
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