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Daniel Dayton thriller series #2
Missing Things
Daniel Dayton didn’t want to be a criminal, but there's no one better at operating outside of the law. Or so he thinks.
An old enemy resurfaces and Daniel is forced into a gang war when his family is targeted by a woman intent on proving her worth. With every death, Angel’s confidence grows and Daniel finds himself hunting someone who can’t be found.
A new drug floods his city and the streets of Newcastle become more dangerous than ever. A chance discovery offers Daniel a lifeline, but it comes at a cost because Angel won’t stop until one of them is dead.
How can Daniel protect his family when he can't protect himself?
An old enemy resurfaces and Daniel is forced into a gang war when his family is targeted by a woman intent on proving her worth. With every death, Angel’s confidence grows and Daniel finds himself hunting someone who can’t be found.
A new drug floods his city and the streets of Newcastle become more dangerous than ever. A chance discovery offers Daniel a lifeline, but it comes at a cost because Angel won’t stop until one of them is dead.
How can Daniel protect his family when he can't protect himself?
258 pages, Paperback
First published February 6, 2019
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April 6, 2019
Having read Woodcutter, this was a must follow on for me. Daniel had returned home to protect his family and now has had to step in to a permanent top dog position. Now there are brutally good gangsters and brutally bad gangsters and well Daniel is one of the good bad guys that you simply can’t help to get behind.
Daniel had discovered that he had been adopted, along with his now deceased brother, when they were children. Both pretty hard cases that had a really tough up bringing, being dragged up with the scruff of the neck by horrendous parents. Now Daniel has his hands full with his own daughter who seemed quite a natural when it came to violence, with a definite faulty off switch when she was going too far.
Daniel had got whiff that some real heavy drugs were about to hit the streets with a rather nasty piece of work called Angel. Now Angel is one of the bad, bad guys. What goes down just made me take a step back because it leaves one really fired totally crazy lady with nothing more to lose. Oh boy does this story sizzle. There is a lot of violence from every side and it is very well detailed so this may not be for everyone.
In between little breaks to get a drink I found myself singing in my head ‘When two tribes go to war’ because this was a battle to the end. It is like playing poker so much of the time as to who is telling truths and lies. A real keep you on your toes book, with a one hundred percent entertainment value. It is quite scary where this series may go. Eisha, Daniel’s daughter, is so very unpredictable. I would say to people read Woodcutter first to get the best impact and feel of the characters. Brilliant!
Daniel had discovered that he had been adopted, along with his now deceased brother, when they were children. Both pretty hard cases that had a really tough up bringing, being dragged up with the scruff of the neck by horrendous parents. Now Daniel has his hands full with his own daughter who seemed quite a natural when it came to violence, with a definite faulty off switch when she was going too far.
Daniel had got whiff that some real heavy drugs were about to hit the streets with a rather nasty piece of work called Angel. Now Angel is one of the bad, bad guys. What goes down just made me take a step back because it leaves one really fired totally crazy lady with nothing more to lose. Oh boy does this story sizzle. There is a lot of violence from every side and it is very well detailed so this may not be for everyone.
In between little breaks to get a drink I found myself singing in my head ‘When two tribes go to war’ because this was a battle to the end. It is like playing poker so much of the time as to who is telling truths and lies. A real keep you on your toes book, with a one hundred percent entertainment value. It is quite scary where this series may go. Eisha, Daniel’s daughter, is so very unpredictable. I would say to people read Woodcutter first to get the best impact and feel of the characters. Brilliant!
May 13, 2019
This is the second book in the Dayton series, after Woodcutter, and also the second book I've read in the series (would you look at that).
As with the first book, we follow the Dayton family, or should I say what's left of them after what happened in the first book. I'm not sure how much more I want to say about the plot, but Daniel Dayton is trying to scrape together a life for him and his daughters while his former associates do what they have to do to get by. And at the same time, there's some new players on the field...
I'd say this book is darker, faster, cleverer, and generally better than the first one, and that's not to say the first one isn't good. But here we've taken it a step further, we're on a different level now and you notice it straight away. More grit, more darkness, more death.
Baines writes thrillers just the way I like 'em: with enough pace, plot, and mayhem to keep your interest piqued from page one, but at the same time with little enough back-drop and fluff so that it doesn't feel bogged down. You'll be invested without feeling like it's a chore to keep reading; emotionally captivated without being overwhelmed. And did I mention that the book is really good?
This series is in a particular type of gangster-mystery genre where you know what's going to happen, you can see it all unfold, but at the same time you don't really know how it's going to happen. Most people's motivations aren't hidden (let me repeat that: most), but we're not really sure how they're going to go about doing what they're doing. There's an openness to people's motivations, just not the way they go about realizing them. It's awesome, I love it.
And the ending... I don't even know what to say. It caught me off guard.
As with the first book, we follow the Dayton family, or should I say what's left of them after what happened in the first book. I'm not sure how much more I want to say about the plot, but Daniel Dayton is trying to scrape together a life for him and his daughters while his former associates do what they have to do to get by. And at the same time, there's some new players on the field...
I'd say this book is darker, faster, cleverer, and generally better than the first one, and that's not to say the first one isn't good. But here we've taken it a step further, we're on a different level now and you notice it straight away. More grit, more darkness, more death.
Baines writes thrillers just the way I like 'em: with enough pace, plot, and mayhem to keep your interest piqued from page one, but at the same time with little enough back-drop and fluff so that it doesn't feel bogged down. You'll be invested without feeling like it's a chore to keep reading; emotionally captivated without being overwhelmed. And did I mention that the book is really good?
This series is in a particular type of gangster-mystery genre where you know what's going to happen, you can see it all unfold, but at the same time you don't really know how it's going to happen. Most people's motivations aren't hidden (let me repeat that: most), but we're not really sure how they're going to go about doing what they're doing. There's an openness to people's motivations, just not the way they go about realizing them. It's awesome, I love it.
And the ending... I don't even know what to say. It caught me off guard.
March 7, 2019
It’s captivating, brutal, violent and an excellent story which reads well.
It can be quite brutal with the violent scenes, but due to the nature of the story it works very well without being gratuitous.
The characters are excellent, well-written and Daniel Dayton is a brilliant anti-hero. Daniel Dayton is likeable despite his passion for violence. His young daughter, Eisha, is terrifying (I can’t wait to see how this progresses in the future, I’m hoping for a series all of her own).
If you like gangster novels that are dark and violent then I can highly recommend Pallbearer and the Daniel Dayton series, I couldn’t put it down and look forward to the next instalment. While I think it can be read as a standalone novel, I would recommend reading Woodcutter first to get the complete story.
An excellent read that will keep you on tenterhooks, reading well into the night!
It can be quite brutal with the violent scenes, but due to the nature of the story it works very well without being gratuitous.
The characters are excellent, well-written and Daniel Dayton is a brilliant anti-hero. Daniel Dayton is likeable despite his passion for violence. His young daughter, Eisha, is terrifying (I can’t wait to see how this progresses in the future, I’m hoping for a series all of her own).
If you like gangster novels that are dark and violent then I can highly recommend Pallbearer and the Daniel Dayton series, I couldn’t put it down and look forward to the next instalment. While I think it can be read as a standalone novel, I would recommend reading Woodcutter first to get the complete story.
An excellent read that will keep you on tenterhooks, reading well into the night!
February 26, 2019
Dark and mean - the Dayton saga continues where Woodcutter left off, with families at war. If you like gangster noir then look no further.
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