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DS Lasser #1
The Needle House
Alternate cover edition of ASIN B00CPQJZBW
Sometimes the most picturesque of places can hide the cruellest killer.
Young Billy Jones comes from a notorious family of drunks and thieves. So, when he fails to return home it's hardly a surprise.
However, when mutilated remains are found it becomes apparent that a savage executioner is stalking the untamed windswept moorland that surround this northern town.
The clues lead DS Lasser directly to the poverty-stricken Radfield family who once owned great swathes of local land.
When another body is discovered, Lasser's convictions are thrown into turmoil. Someone is playing a vicious game, someone with a burning hatred for the Radfield family.
The body count rises and Lasser finds himself enmeshed in a tangled web of deceit as he tries to unravel the dark, twisted secrets that bind two families. Secrets stretching back over four decades, blackmail and murder reaching out to ensnare the innocent as well as the guilty.
Sometimes the most picturesque of places can hide the cruellest killer.
Young Billy Jones comes from a notorious family of drunks and thieves. So, when he fails to return home it's hardly a surprise.
However, when mutilated remains are found it becomes apparent that a savage executioner is stalking the untamed windswept moorland that surround this northern town.
The clues lead DS Lasser directly to the poverty-stricken Radfield family who once owned great swathes of local land.
When another body is discovered, Lasser's convictions are thrown into turmoil. Someone is playing a vicious game, someone with a burning hatred for the Radfield family.
The body count rises and Lasser finds himself enmeshed in a tangled web of deceit as he tries to unravel the dark, twisted secrets that bind two families. Secrets stretching back over four decades, blackmail and murder reaching out to ensnare the innocent as well as the guilty.
524 pages, ebook
First published May 2, 2013
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About the author
Robin Roughley
47 books152 followersRob Roughley lives in the North West of England (God's coal bunker,the land of the wedding cake made by placing three meat pies on top of one another and whippets on lengths of string)
He is the author of eight crime/thriller novels featuring DS Lasser. The novels are set between the run down streets of a northern town and the beautiful yet desolate west Pennine moors.
If you love your crime fiction crammed with square jawed heroes driving flash cars and glorious women who shimmer with inner light, then the DS Lasser novels are not for you.
However, if you prefer your characters to be flawed, with a sprinkling of dandruff and old acne scars,the plots to be laced with dark humour, then give them a try.
1 The Needle House
2 The Way that it Falls
3 Tethered to the Dead.
4 Twisted
Coming soon:
5 More Equal than Others
6 Vanished Beneath
7 Riven
8 Bad Self
He is the author of eight crime/thriller novels featuring DS Lasser. The novels are set between the run down streets of a northern town and the beautiful yet desolate west Pennine moors.
If you love your crime fiction crammed with square jawed heroes driving flash cars and glorious women who shimmer with inner light, then the DS Lasser novels are not for you.
However, if you prefer your characters to be flawed, with a sprinkling of dandruff and old acne scars,the plots to be laced with dark humour, then give them a try.
1 The Needle House
2 The Way that it Falls
3 Tethered to the Dead.
4 Twisted
Coming soon:
5 More Equal than Others
6 Vanished Beneath
7 Riven
8 Bad Self
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February 23, 2019
This is a 4.5 star read.
Awesome ........ actually superb! I thoroughly enjoyed this offering by a new author for me. I can't believe I haven't come across this author before because I love my British crime series, and this really had a bit of everything in it. And what an ending!! Seriously, I loved it so much I've downloaded the next couple of books in the series.
Awesome ........ actually superb! I thoroughly enjoyed this offering by a new author for me. I can't believe I haven't come across this author before because I love my British crime series, and this really had a bit of everything in it. And what an ending!! Seriously, I loved it so much I've downloaded the next couple of books in the series.
January 30, 2016
I won this book from Booklover Catlady Publicity on Facebook. This was a new author and I was eager to read his book. My thanks to the author who provided a digital copy and to Maxine (Booklover Catlady) who drew my name out of the hat.
DS Lasser is charged with finding the responsible party for the murder of a young teenage boy. Not only was he murdered, his entrails were removed, as was his head. Was this a murder by chance ...or was the boy targeted?
And when the body count rises with no clues left behind, he's desperately looking for the thread that ties all these murders together.
What he finds are families who have secrets and will lie deliberately to keep those secrets hidden. Do today's murders have anything with murders done 50 years prior? DS Lasser knows what he suspects ... but what is it going to take to get the truth out of people who may not even know the whole truth?
Lasser is a little on the jaded side ... he's seen so much. His community is not thriving ... there is so much poverty, young thugs in constant trouble, families living off the land. But he is there to do a job and he will do it to the best of his ability.
There are plenty of secondary characters around to lend their substance to a very good story line. Some are really likeable ... some are not. There are one or two who pulls the compassion right out of you. They are all unique in their own way.
DS Lasser is charged with finding the responsible party for the murder of a young teenage boy. Not only was he murdered, his entrails were removed, as was his head. Was this a murder by chance ...or was the boy targeted?
And when the body count rises with no clues left behind, he's desperately looking for the thread that ties all these murders together.
What he finds are families who have secrets and will lie deliberately to keep those secrets hidden. Do today's murders have anything with murders done 50 years prior? DS Lasser knows what he suspects ... but what is it going to take to get the truth out of people who may not even know the whole truth?
Lasser is a little on the jaded side ... he's seen so much. His community is not thriving ... there is so much poverty, young thugs in constant trouble, families living off the land. But he is there to do a job and he will do it to the best of his ability.
There are plenty of secondary characters around to lend their substance to a very good story line. Some are really likeable ... some are not. There are one or two who pulls the compassion right out of you. They are all unique in their own way.
February 27, 2016
The Needle House is the first book in the DS Lasser series.
I think for most detectives finding themselves on quite a big murder case it probably has them feeling a whole array of emotions, but for Lasser it seems to put a spring in his step.
Usually it takes me a while to really warm to a new detective but I actually took to Lasser pretty much straight away. I like the way he works and I could tell he is definitely one of the good guys that cares. I do think he is a bit of a dark horse though and I am sure that throughout the series the reader will get to know more about him and what makes him tick.
The actual storyline is quite a dark and gruesome one. From a boy going missing, I certainly did not expect the lies and the horror that was going to be presented to me through out the chapters.
The author is quite descriptive in his writing, which it did make the story feel slightly longer than most crime novels that I usually read but I actually found that it added a something extra to some parts of the story. It just seemed to help me visualise the eeriness and horror that surrounded the Needle house in particular.
Will certainly be reading more of the series .
With thanks to Maxine at Booklover Catlady Publicity & Reviews and the author as I won an e copy of this book in a give away on Maxine's Facebook page.
I think for most detectives finding themselves on quite a big murder case it probably has them feeling a whole array of emotions, but for Lasser it seems to put a spring in his step.
Usually it takes me a while to really warm to a new detective but I actually took to Lasser pretty much straight away. I like the way he works and I could tell he is definitely one of the good guys that cares. I do think he is a bit of a dark horse though and I am sure that throughout the series the reader will get to know more about him and what makes him tick.
The actual storyline is quite a dark and gruesome one. From a boy going missing, I certainly did not expect the lies and the horror that was going to be presented to me through out the chapters.
The author is quite descriptive in his writing, which it did make the story feel slightly longer than most crime novels that I usually read but I actually found that it added a something extra to some parts of the story. It just seemed to help me visualise the eeriness and horror that surrounded the Needle house in particular.
Will certainly be reading more of the series .
With thanks to Maxine at Booklover Catlady Publicity & Reviews and the author as I won an e copy of this book in a give away on Maxine's Facebook page.
July 21, 2019
I didn’t enjoy the prose here, and the beginning few chapters were pretty familiar, almost clichéd.
March 12, 2018
I really enjoyed this book. A story of lies, betrayal, and family secrets. DS Lasser investigates a string of murders that all lead back to one family. Great characters, subtle humour and a complex story.
I will definitely read more from Robin Roughly.
I will definitely read more from Robin Roughly.
December 29, 2015
This series was recommended to me by a "bookfriend" so I went directly to the author who had offered a free copy on his Facebook page. He very kindly sent me a copy of this and I settled down to read it over the festive period (love a few good murders over Christmas-I wonder why??!!)
So this is the first in the DS Lasser series (I have some catching up to do as number 10 has just come out!) and we get to meet DS Lasser when he is called in to investigate the disappearance of a teenage boy. Billy Jones has gone missing while out with a gang of his mates and when a body is found DS Lasser has to look into the possibility the mutilated body belongs to the young boy. In the same area, 17 year old Jenna has been doing some local research about buildings in the area and has arranged a meeting with author Patrick Fossey as she hopes he can use her research in his next book. But things are about to get complicated by more deaths and Jenna and her family may know more than they think.
I loved the gritty North West settings of this book, around the Pennines, it's an area not often used by authors of crime and police procedural novels. The settings where Jenna lived and studied were well described. I particularly liked the fact that Jenna wasn't your normal teenage girl. She was interested in her local environment and enjoyed her family life, especially having a good relationship with her grandfather. The story itself was well set up without too much "waffle" and easy to pick up and follow as I read it in quite big chunks.
I think the only thing I would say is that I would have liked to have a little bit more background on Lasser as I felt the only thing I came away with from this book was that he seemed to eat a lot of MacDonalds!! So I have now downloaded book 2 in the series and hope that little by little I come to understand more about the enigma that is DS Lasser!
Many thanks to the author for my review copy-it was very much appreciated.
So this is the first in the DS Lasser series (I have some catching up to do as number 10 has just come out!) and we get to meet DS Lasser when he is called in to investigate the disappearance of a teenage boy. Billy Jones has gone missing while out with a gang of his mates and when a body is found DS Lasser has to look into the possibility the mutilated body belongs to the young boy. In the same area, 17 year old Jenna has been doing some local research about buildings in the area and has arranged a meeting with author Patrick Fossey as she hopes he can use her research in his next book. But things are about to get complicated by more deaths and Jenna and her family may know more than they think.
I loved the gritty North West settings of this book, around the Pennines, it's an area not often used by authors of crime and police procedural novels. The settings where Jenna lived and studied were well described. I particularly liked the fact that Jenna wasn't your normal teenage girl. She was interested in her local environment and enjoyed her family life, especially having a good relationship with her grandfather. The story itself was well set up without too much "waffle" and easy to pick up and follow as I read it in quite big chunks.
I think the only thing I would say is that I would have liked to have a little bit more background on Lasser as I felt the only thing I came away with from this book was that he seemed to eat a lot of MacDonalds!! So I have now downloaded book 2 in the series and hope that little by little I come to understand more about the enigma that is DS Lasser!
Many thanks to the author for my review copy-it was very much appreciated.
July 17, 2018
The main detective is an arsehole who very occasionally shows flashes of being a decent human being but mostly does whatever he wants, when he wants to and seems to despise most of the people around him. He's also a chain-smoker and it's set during a hot summer so I kept getting distracted by how much he must reek!
There's a supposedly happy family who constantly fly into rages with each other over nothing and a psychiatrist who writes books about stately homes for no clear reason and is used as an unofficial consultant by DS Lasser based on pretty much nothing.
With his boss looking on, Lasser smashes into a private home without a warrant but seems astonished when the general public assumes the worst of every police officer with whom they come into contact. The armed response unit wanders in, on a dark and stormy night, with random other police officers littered about the place and start firing wildly - until they lose their nerve; leaving our hero and his pet shrink to save the day.
The plot is ludicrous and none of the dialogue rings true - and I work in the area where it's set.
There's a supposedly happy family who constantly fly into rages with each other over nothing and a psychiatrist who writes books about stately homes for no clear reason and is used as an unofficial consultant by DS Lasser based on pretty much nothing.
With his boss looking on, Lasser smashes into a private home without a warrant but seems astonished when the general public assumes the worst of every police officer with whom they come into contact. The armed response unit wanders in, on a dark and stormy night, with random other police officers littered about the place and start firing wildly - until they lose their nerve; leaving our hero and his pet shrink to save the day.
The plot is ludicrous and none of the dialogue rings true - and I work in the area where it's set.
October 14, 2017
Far too much dialogue, it is a long book that could be condensed into half the pages without losing anything. Also on Kindle there are a lot of annoying (for a nit picker) mispellings leading you to think it has been dictated verbally and not checked.
A bit of a waste of time.
A bit of a waste of time.
August 1, 2015
I loved this book, I have had a lull in reading but this definately got my attention. DS Lassiter is a normal down to earth cop who I hope to read more about.
The book started with the young tearaways getting drunk and then fighting and when one runs off they soon lose interest and leave him. Jenna had been digging into the history of the surrounding fields and run down buildings where she lived and she had contacted Patrick Fossey with the research hoping he would use her background info in his next book and she was rewarded with him turning up at the farmhouse so she could show him round the area, they went to look at the old buildings and they found more than they bargained for DS Lassiter is already looking into the disappearance of Billy Jones so he thinks he knows who the 'body' is but what follows is so much more than a murder and the uncertainty of which character to believe and which are not all they seem is so fast paced I couldn't wait to get to the end. This was a well thought out book and great characters made it a must read.
The book started with the young tearaways getting drunk and then fighting and when one runs off they soon lose interest and leave him. Jenna had been digging into the history of the surrounding fields and run down buildings where she lived and she had contacted Patrick Fossey with the research hoping he would use her background info in his next book and she was rewarded with him turning up at the farmhouse so she could show him round the area, they went to look at the old buildings and they found more than they bargained for DS Lassiter is already looking into the disappearance of Billy Jones so he thinks he knows who the 'body' is but what follows is so much more than a murder and the uncertainty of which character to believe and which are not all they seem is so fast paced I couldn't wait to get to the end. This was a well thought out book and great characters made it a must read.
November 17, 2018
Decent Thriller
I think that this book is worth reading, however there are definitely some issues with the novel that makes it decent and not Excellent. The plot was quite good, yet it was far too long, it needed some more edits to create the taut thriller that the writer seemed to be going for. The characters were well written, but there is a lot of superfluous action that pushed me back from interest on several occasions.
There are also spelling errors, and even further the author wrote of a character feeling like Judas and misquoted the sum of silver received as 50 pieces, rather than the actual 30 Judas is recorded as receiving. I think that despite these challenges, the book is a worthy read. I just feel that the book has so much potential that was not quite reached. I do think that Roughley will likely improve in future work. Maybe I am a bit rough, and I am wrong in my critique. I did like the book, all in all. Read and see what you think.
As Always, I Wish Happy Reads to All from the Unapologetic Book Junkie 😉!
I think that this book is worth reading, however there are definitely some issues with the novel that makes it decent and not Excellent. The plot was quite good, yet it was far too long, it needed some more edits to create the taut thriller that the writer seemed to be going for. The characters were well written, but there is a lot of superfluous action that pushed me back from interest on several occasions.
There are also spelling errors, and even further the author wrote of a character feeling like Judas and misquoted the sum of silver received as 50 pieces, rather than the actual 30 Judas is recorded as receiving. I think that despite these challenges, the book is a worthy read. I just feel that the book has so much potential that was not quite reached. I do think that Roughley will likely improve in future work. Maybe I am a bit rough, and I am wrong in my critique. I did like the book, all in all. Read and see what you think.
As Always, I Wish Happy Reads to All from the Unapologetic Book Junkie 😉!
October 22, 2018
Vulgar
Why doesn't Amazon have a classification system to clearly identify books with content like this? I'm sure there must be an audience for this kind of stuff and that's fine, but it's not my style. I gave up quite quickly: my threshold for the crass and the vulgar is low, so it did not take long.
Why doesn't Amazon have a classification system to clearly identify books with content like this? I'm sure there must be an audience for this kind of stuff and that's fine, but it's not my style. I gave up quite quickly: my threshold for the crass and the vulgar is low, so it did not take long.
May 23, 2019
Slow burner but it soon takes hold...
Having come off another series were there is a female DCI it took me a while to warm to Lasser, but halfway through, once the pieces started to slot into place I was gripped and this book started to steel hours from my day... looking forward to the next instalment.
Having come off another series were there is a female DCI it took me a while to warm to Lasser, but halfway through, once the pieces started to slot into place I was gripped and this book started to steel hours from my day... looking forward to the next instalment.
July 31, 2020
"Not sold"
I imagined that a character who has sustained two dozen titles in the series would have grabbed my interest from the outset. I'm always looking for a first book in a long-running series to whet my appetite for what lies ahead. I gave up a third of the way through, I'm afraid. DS Lasser didn't appeal to me at all.
I imagined that a character who has sustained two dozen titles in the series would have grabbed my interest from the outset. I'm always looking for a first book in a long-running series to whet my appetite for what lies ahead. I gave up a third of the way through, I'm afraid. DS Lasser didn't appeal to me at all.
November 30, 2018
Fantastic!
What a great, wonderful and fantastic thriller! This is the first book in a series that is so good, I am going to rush to read the next book.
What a great, wonderful and fantastic thriller! This is the first book in a series that is so good, I am going to rush to read the next book.
August 9, 2015
I found The Needlehouse by Robin Roughley a pleasant surprise. When reading a new author, a first in a series, it can be hit-or-miss, but this book had me caught up right at the start with the gruesome murder of a young teen and the action kept up from there. The author isn’t overly descriptive (which is something that drives me crazy) but still sets the scenes beautifully to help the reader picture this gorgeous countryside. This is a DS Lasser book, yet there are plenty of other characters involved in the story, each lending a different perspective to the mystery. I did find Lasser someone I would love to read more about. He’s tough but fair and willing to break the rules when he feels it’s necessary, which is always a winning combination. Even though the book was a long, it never seemed to drag. Each scene was an important part of the puzzle leading up to the nail-biting final scenes with the serial killer. I’ll be moving onto the others in the series next. I will make a note that the book did need some editing, but I was easily able to overlook that as I was caught up in the plot and action. Some others may not be able to though.
July 23, 2015
Robin Roughley.
Book 1.
THE NEEDLE HOUSE.
Set in the peaceful moors this is DS Lassers first book. I have never read any books by this author,but this will certainly not be the last. When murders start occurring in the peaceful Penine Moors, Lassers is set to find and deal with the happenings. This is a fast paced book of high quality reading. A must read book and I am looking forward to the sequel. Highly recommended read.
5* 23 July 2015.
Book 1.
THE NEEDLE HOUSE.
Set in the peaceful moors this is DS Lassers first book. I have never read any books by this author,but this will certainly not be the last. When murders start occurring in the peaceful Penine Moors, Lassers is set to find and deal with the happenings. This is a fast paced book of high quality reading. A must read book and I am looking forward to the sequel. Highly recommended read.
5* 23 July 2015.
August 30, 2015
I loved this book from page 1. It is set in am area I know well.
I started reading this thinking I would just read a few chapters. That did not happen. Once I started reading I was completely hooked.
It's a long time since I've been so engrossed in a book. The characters were so well drawn that I could see them.
This would make an excellent TV series.
I'm now going to read all the other books in the series.
I started reading this thinking I would just read a few chapters. That did not happen. Once I started reading I was completely hooked.
It's a long time since I've been so engrossed in a book. The characters were so well drawn that I could see them.
This would make an excellent TV series.
I'm now going to read all the other books in the series.
January 13, 2018
Good story- poor editing.
I really wanted to give this book a higher rating. Liked the plot and the characters. The author knows how to create a story. Too bad he doesn't know how to write. If you don't know basic grammar and punctuation then get yourself a good editor. The run on sentences alone literally gave me a headache. No offense to Val or Odette but the book is still a mess.
I really wanted to give this book a higher rating. Liked the plot and the characters. The author knows how to create a story. Too bad he doesn't know how to write. If you don't know basic grammar and punctuation then get yourself a good editor. The run on sentences alone literally gave me a headache. No offense to Val or Odette but the book is still a mess.
January 21, 2016
A really great book, i loved the creepiness and tension all the way through along with the links back to the past, there was great character development throughout and i will look forward to reading more in this series, definitely an author i would recommend
November 19, 2018
I enjoyed this once I'd gotten into it, although I do agree with other reviewers that having an editor in may have made it a more enjoyable read (if nothing else, perhaps they could have recommended a thesaurus to try and stem the sheer number of times the words "buggar" and "bastard" were used). However, I see there are 14 books in this series so perhaps this is less of an issue with later volumes.
That aside, I'd read more by this author, I enjoyed the plot and the way things led to their eventual conclusion - I did dislike both the mother (Susan) and the daughter (Jenna) as their characters weren't consistent, especially the mother. Jenna was more irritating than anything else - I know she is only meant to be a teenager but her mood swings and blatant crush on Fossey left me cold.
Will read more in the Lasser series
That aside, I'd read more by this author, I enjoyed the plot and the way things led to their eventual conclusion - I did dislike both the mother (Susan) and the daughter (Jenna) as their characters weren't consistent, especially the mother. Jenna was more irritating than anything else - I know she is only meant to be a teenager but her mood swings and blatant crush on Fossey left me cold.
Will read more in the Lasser series
April 12, 2020
A new author for me and what a start to a series that I'll certainly be continuing! After an opening quarter of introductions to various characters - the cigarette smoking, junk food eating cop, a psychologist, a local lord of the manor, a teenager off the rails and a farm owning family - their individual stories start to weave together brilliantly as skeletons from closets start to appear and bodies gruesomely pile up.
I was guilty of judging the book by the cover and expecting a cosy whodunnit and was glad to be proved wrong as its certainly graphic with characters you really like (and dislike) and plenty of shocks and twists along the way! Its 4am on a sunday and I've just finished reading it and am about to download the next couple. Highly recommended!
I was guilty of judging the book by the cover and expecting a cosy whodunnit and was glad to be proved wrong as its certainly graphic with characters you really like (and dislike) and plenty of shocks and twists along the way! Its 4am on a sunday and I've just finished reading it and am about to download the next couple. Highly recommended!
October 20, 2017
This book is the first in the series and introduces an English Detective named Lasser, who I really enjoyed. When a gruesome murder of a young boy happens it is just the first a long list of unraveling and murders. While I did not care for some of the characters, like Jenna (whinny and immature), Lasser was well done. I can read good story with characters I do not like and this is a good story. The plot led me along but just when I thought I knew exactly what had happened - I found out how wrong I was. I would consider reading more in this series. It appears there are 15 in the series which really helps when you are in the mood to binge!
October 21, 2018
I downloaded this book on the day it was free. (Preen.) The Needle House by Robin Roughley.
DS Lasser #1.
I thoroughly enjoyed this book. It reads very fast. The language is brisk, the plot structure is very good, and it has characters that are realistic. The chief characters are a mixed bag. One comes across as very immature and rude. The Inspector himself is an unusual man. He is hard- hitting, a little callous, but his priorities are right.
And I liked this, because we have seen and known many decent but doomed detectives, and I guess it was time we saw a different kind.
Do give it a read.
DS Lasser #1.
I thoroughly enjoyed this book. It reads very fast. The language is brisk, the plot structure is very good, and it has characters that are realistic. The chief characters are a mixed bag. One comes across as very immature and rude. The Inspector himself is an unusual man. He is hard- hitting, a little callous, but his priorities are right.
And I liked this, because we have seen and known many decent but doomed detectives, and I guess it was time we saw a different kind.
Do give it a read.
July 2, 2019
Ticked all the boxes for a good read for me.
Engaging, believable characters of different ages from a very varied background and an exciting plot. The writing is sharp and precise, moving the read along at a great pace. There's a sprinkling of humour and social commentary along the way although it's not intrusive or distracting.
If I was to be highly critical, the layout could be tidied up in a few places and I found the rivalry between Lasser and Hopkins a little childish, although neither detracts from what is very good book.
Happy to recommend to readers of detective fiction.
Engaging, believable characters of different ages from a very varied background and an exciting plot. The writing is sharp and precise, moving the read along at a great pace. There's a sprinkling of humour and social commentary along the way although it's not intrusive or distracting.
If I was to be highly critical, the layout could be tidied up in a few places and I found the rivalry between Lasser and Hopkins a little childish, although neither detracts from what is very good book.
Happy to recommend to readers of detective fiction.
November 6, 2020
It started out kind of slow for me not much interest. Then the end hit the top. Best parts of it all.
Jenna wrote some history of the town she lived in and a man who was writing a book contacted her to find out if she wanted to share some of her research. Her grand dad would tell her stories from years ago. She loved him so much. People started dying and it seemed like it may be a serial killer or a copy cat. But then things started to come together for the police. Some people carry secrets for many years but most secrets end up coming out sooner or later.
Jenna wrote some history of the town she lived in and a man who was writing a book contacted her to find out if she wanted to share some of her research. Her grand dad would tell her stories from years ago. She loved him so much. People started dying and it seemed like it may be a serial killer or a copy cat. But then things started to come together for the police. Some people carry secrets for many years but most secrets end up coming out sooner or later.
January 17, 2018
I bought this because it is set in wigan, where I live, but it turned out to be a good read too, I lent it to my mother first and she loved it too, looking for the next one but cannot find it in print, I could get it for my kindle but cannot lend it my mum then.
DS Lasser is an interesting character, but I think it was the Jeremy Kyle type of characters that sold it to me, as they could be actually living on my street (unfortunately)
DS Lasser is an interesting character, but I think it was the Jeremy Kyle type of characters that sold it to me, as they could be actually living on my street (unfortunately)
May 5, 2018
Really good read. Could not put this book down . Think im a little obsessed with lasser . Cant wait to read more . Really enjoyed the needle house . If you want an edge of the seat read look no further .
Really good read. Could not put this book down . Think im a little obsessed with lasser . Cant wait to read more . Really enjoyed the needle house . If you want an edge of the seat read look no further .
Really good read. Could not put this book down . Think im a little obsessed with lasser . Cant wait to read more . Really enjoyed the needle house . If you want an edge of the seat read look no further .
September 17, 2021
very good
I was recommended this book by a family member and am so glad I was. The writer takes the time to give all characters depth that is usually lacking in a few detective books I have read lately. I was also impressed with the word count as many kindle books are ridiculously short. This is a proper novel and had such an engaging storyline. I loved Lasser. I’m so glad I’ve come across this series and look forward to ploughing through the rest of the books.
I was recommended this book by a family member and am so glad I was. The writer takes the time to give all characters depth that is usually lacking in a few detective books I have read lately. I was also impressed with the word count as many kindle books are ridiculously short. This is a proper novel and had such an engaging storyline. I loved Lasser. I’m so glad I’ve come across this series and look forward to ploughing through the rest of the books.
June 6, 2023
While the book was engaging right from the start, I needed some time to get into it. It's written from multiple points of view. A lot of characters that were more or less relevant for the plot shared their thoughts and actions with us. After a while I got used to it and it made sense that the author used this approach to write The Needle House. Robin Roughley managed to keep the book interesting, fast paced, and surprising at all time. So, even though long I couldn't put it down. 4****
August 21, 2019
A really exciting read!
I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book. It was totally absorbing and kept you on the edge of your seat from beginning to end. This was a real portrait of evil which kept me guessing whodunit for a long time. The only thing that I would really like to know is what is Lasser's first name!
I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book. It was totally absorbing and kept you on the edge of your seat from beginning to end. This was a real portrait of evil which kept me guessing whodunit for a long time. The only thing that I would really like to know is what is Lasser's first name!
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