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Twisted: Miller & Spook
A felon on the run. A hostage from hell. A game with no rules
Jack Miller’s been playing a dangerous game and the stakes are about to be raised.
A spate of audacious bank robberies leave police frustrated and crime boss Otto smiling, but for ruthless robber Miller it’s simply the means to an end. Wounded while making his escape, Miller has half a million in used notes and a hostage that wasn’t part of the plan. As police close in, Otto wants his cash and the mysterious McKenzie wants Miller silenced - forever.
With a deadly agenda of her own, misfit Spook, isn’t your typical hostage. Unstable and fearless she’ll go to any lengths to get what she wants. When judge’s daughter Jazz O’Hanlon also disappears and evidence points at Miller, the manhunt escalates and Miller discovers just how crazy Spook really is.
Amid the tabloid frenzy, DI John Samuels realises he must catch his man alive before the game ends in disaster.
Jack Miller’s been playing a dangerous game and the stakes are about to be raised.
A spate of audacious bank robberies leave police frustrated and crime boss Otto smiling, but for ruthless robber Miller it’s simply the means to an end. Wounded while making his escape, Miller has half a million in used notes and a hostage that wasn’t part of the plan. As police close in, Otto wants his cash and the mysterious McKenzie wants Miller silenced - forever.
With a deadly agenda of her own, misfit Spook, isn’t your typical hostage. Unstable and fearless she’ll go to any lengths to get what she wants. When judge’s daughter Jazz O’Hanlon also disappears and evidence points at Miller, the manhunt escalates and Miller discovers just how crazy Spook really is.
Amid the tabloid frenzy, DI John Samuels realises he must catch his man alive before the game ends in disaster.
- GenresMystery Thriller
251 pages, Kindle Edition
First published September 1, 2015
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January 20, 2016 DNF @ 15%
No offense to this book....it has really good ratings, but I just could not get into this book. I was confused, I reread pages to figure out what I missed.
I am done trying to figure this out. I will just say it is me.
No offense to this book....it has really good ratings, but I just could not get into this book. I was confused, I reread pages to figure out what I missed.
I am done trying to figure this out. I will just say it is me.
August 6, 2016
Review to come :-)
September 4, 2015
Being a fan of B.A. Morton, this book’s clever plot and larger-than-life characters came as no surprise. I ordered a copy as soon as I could - just to see what a helter-skelter of a story this could be. Its Miller’s last outing and he does indeed go out with a clichéd bang. But nothing is quite what it seems and a bizarre turn of events propels him towards the perfect storm.
Light-headed and confused, he remembers the robbery but he can’t for the life of him understand how he came to be with the girl he calls Spook. The horror is softened by humorous interactions and Spook is deliciously ‘out there’. She’s always a few steps ahead and I enjoy the rapid gunfire of dialogue between them. But Miller’s in serious trouble. He’s also being targeted for the disappearance of a judge’s daughter.
Morton’s writing is, as always, first rate. It keeps at a consistent pace and delivers an effective punch. From the development of his character and to his dry sense of humor, I think you’ll enjoy everything about Miller. The originality and distorted plotline kept me up into the night, two cases weaving in and out like a bad dream, and the ending was dished up with usual Morton panache, a surprise I wasn’t expecting. A goth, a box and a high socialite, all bound into a frenzy of a story.
If you like something that will keep you turning pages, makes you shiver one minute and laugh the next, then Twisted is just the ticket. It’s a strange creepy journey and if you can lose yourself in Spook’s deadly antics, then you will probably enjoy this book.
Light-headed and confused, he remembers the robbery but he can’t for the life of him understand how he came to be with the girl he calls Spook. The horror is softened by humorous interactions and Spook is deliciously ‘out there’. She’s always a few steps ahead and I enjoy the rapid gunfire of dialogue between them. But Miller’s in serious trouble. He’s also being targeted for the disappearance of a judge’s daughter.
Morton’s writing is, as always, first rate. It keeps at a consistent pace and delivers an effective punch. From the development of his character and to his dry sense of humor, I think you’ll enjoy everything about Miller. The originality and distorted plotline kept me up into the night, two cases weaving in and out like a bad dream, and the ending was dished up with usual Morton panache, a surprise I wasn’t expecting. A goth, a box and a high socialite, all bound into a frenzy of a story.
If you like something that will keep you turning pages, makes you shiver one minute and laugh the next, then Twisted is just the ticket. It’s a strange creepy journey and if you can lose yourself in Spook’s deadly antics, then you will probably enjoy this book.
October 3, 2015
I love a novel with a strong, distinctive voice and Spook doesn’t disappoint. B.A. Morton’s anti-heroine in ‘Twisted’ is Elizabeth Salander with a wicked sense of humour or perhaps an adult, female Artemis Fowl. But ‘Twisted’ is not child’s play nor is it as bleak as ‘The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.’ Caught somewhere in-between, it is an exciting and realistic thriller, enriched with a smidgen of humour and set in the crime-ridden underworld of Newcastle. When Miller’s bank robbery goes horribly wrong, he ends up dependent upon the manipulating and twisted Spook with the entire police force and most of the Geordie mafia on his tail. But like Spook, the enigmatic Miller isn’t what he seems. The two of them race through a plot with more twists and turns than a staircase in an inner-city skyscraper. They make a disturbing but strangely attractive team and the novel is compelling reading. Thoroughly recommended.
December 6, 2015
Before I comment on the book content I would like to say that I read the paperback format of this book and the quality of its production is very high, which enhanced my reading pleasure.
This is a highly recommended novel for readers of the thriller genre. The plot is well thought through, believable and lives up to the title of the book! The characters are perfectly written and fit together well demonstrating the skill of the author. The pace and development of this complex and captivating story is cleverly achieved and you could be fooled after reading to thinking you have just watched it as a movie because the descriptions are so vivid and memorable. This is the first novel I have read by this author and I will certainly be reading more. A well deserved 5 stars.
This is a highly recommended novel for readers of the thriller genre. The plot is well thought through, believable and lives up to the title of the book! The characters are perfectly written and fit together well demonstrating the skill of the author. The pace and development of this complex and captivating story is cleverly achieved and you could be fooled after reading to thinking you have just watched it as a movie because the descriptions are so vivid and memorable. This is the first novel I have read by this author and I will certainly be reading more. A well deserved 5 stars.
September 13, 2015
Brilliant! High energy romp with loveable criminals
The book starts inside the mind of Spook, a girl as disturbed and spiky as her blue hair, and I wasn’t sure whether the story might be too dark for my taste. It wasn’t. From the moment Spook saves an escaping bank robber from near death in a car-crash, the story leaves the stratosphere and enters a Tarantino level of black comedy, with a romantic undercurrent.
In one entertaining twist after another, nobody is who he – or especially she – seems to be and the psychological tension is increased by a judicial dose of sexual attraction. Add a very cute dog and a lively knowledge of the criminal underworld in the north of England, and this really is a roller-coaster ride.
If you enjoy lively dialogue, suspense and a walk – or even a car chase - on the wild side, you’ll love this. Forget plausibility; enjoy the sheer energy and fun of guessing what Spook will get up to next. She is as endearing and off-the-wall as Lisbeth Salander, while having her own special characteristics. A tendency to rhyme is one of the warning signs that she is losing control – many writers could identify with that!
I’ve read several books by B.A. Morton and this is my favourite. I love her style and the way she creates character through unique voices, both in dialogue and in narrative. If , like me, you know the area the story is set in, then the incidental local humour adds to the fun with throw-away lines like, ‘A Newcastle standoff – half a dozen shooters and a bottle of Brown Ale, things couldn’t really get any worse.’
The book starts inside the mind of Spook, a girl as disturbed and spiky as her blue hair, and I wasn’t sure whether the story might be too dark for my taste. It wasn’t. From the moment Spook saves an escaping bank robber from near death in a car-crash, the story leaves the stratosphere and enters a Tarantino level of black comedy, with a romantic undercurrent.
In one entertaining twist after another, nobody is who he – or especially she – seems to be and the psychological tension is increased by a judicial dose of sexual attraction. Add a very cute dog and a lively knowledge of the criminal underworld in the north of England, and this really is a roller-coaster ride.
If you enjoy lively dialogue, suspense and a walk – or even a car chase - on the wild side, you’ll love this. Forget plausibility; enjoy the sheer energy and fun of guessing what Spook will get up to next. She is as endearing and off-the-wall as Lisbeth Salander, while having her own special characteristics. A tendency to rhyme is one of the warning signs that she is losing control – many writers could identify with that!
I’ve read several books by B.A. Morton and this is my favourite. I love her style and the way she creates character through unique voices, both in dialogue and in narrative. If , like me, you know the area the story is set in, then the incidental local humour adds to the fun with throw-away lines like, ‘A Newcastle standoff – half a dozen shooters and a bottle of Brown Ale, things couldn’t really get any worse.’
January 27, 2016
It's exactly what it says on the cover! A twisted plot, with twisted characters following a twisted - or at least, convoluted - path through the dark side of Newcastle in winter.
The author does a remarkable job of keeping all the various twists and turns together in one story - at some points it looks like a branching off into something else entirely, with an almost surreal atmosphere to some of the scenes. Along the way, the pace and tension barely slacken as the various characters - each pursuing their own goals, each hiding their own secrets - head towards the revelation that finally makes sense of the twisted storyline!
Brilliant writing from start to finish.
The author does a remarkable job of keeping all the various twists and turns together in one story - at some points it looks like a branching off into something else entirely, with an almost surreal atmosphere to some of the scenes. Along the way, the pace and tension barely slacken as the various characters - each pursuing their own goals, each hiding their own secrets - head towards the revelation that finally makes sense of the twisted storyline!
Brilliant writing from start to finish.
October 26, 2016
I have loved B.A Morton's work since Mrs Jones. I have also read Molly Brown and Bedlam along with Twisted and I love them all. BA is a master crime storyteller. Her words entice, her slow building story will have you turning page after page to find out what is happening next. BA builds characters you can like, dislike and like all over again. She keeps you guess and builds characters that will stay with you. I highly recommend BA's work.
February 2, 2017
Twisted sums it up perfectly, fantastic book
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