Published by Sphere,
6 August 2020.
ISBN: 978-0-7515-7678-8 (PB)
Rob is a boat enthusiast. He meets Mia. They fall in love and get married and then sail off for a honeymoon, on Rob’s boat, around the Mediterranean, heading for Greece where they intend to stay and set up a boating business together. Sound idyllic?
Then
Rob’s sister arrives on board and things start to change.
Jump
forward, or actually back, to the beginning of the story the way it has been
told, when Rob is found dead on his boat. He has been shot through the head.
Slowly, Hughes unravels the plot that leads to Rob’s killing, because nothing or no one, is what we perceive them to be. The story never stopped surprising me.
I thought I knew, had it sussed, but it wasn’t what I thought, or seemed to be. And then another surprise hit me like a sack of cement on the top of my head. I found myself burning the midnight oil as I couldn’t turn those pages quickly enough. Intrigue had me in its grip.
Egan
Hughes is most certainly a name I hope to read more from. For a first novel, it
has all the ingredients of a great one.
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Reviewer:
Linda Regan
www.lindareganonline.co.uk
Linda
Regan is the author of six police procedural crime novels. She is also
an actress. She holds a Masters degree in critical writing and journalism,
and writes a regular column, including book reviews, for three magazines.
She also presents the book-club spot on BBC Radio Kent. She is
an avid reader and welcomes the chance to read new writers.
To read a review of Linda's most recent book
The Terror Within
click on the title.
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