More Life as a Dog by L.A Davenport

 

Killing Evil- John Nichol- Crime/psychological thriller

A book you may not want to put down! Written in the first person, this tells

the story of Alice (not her real name as she tells us), her life and her

becoming a “hunter rather than the hunted”. As a child she was abused by

her father and saw the looks he was giving her younger sister- who was

now at the age when Alice first had those gruesome night visits. Alice

plots her fathers death but then learns about post mortems in suspicious

deaths and so her plot is foiled. When an unforeseen opportunity

presents itself she takes the chance. Years later having graduated

with a course in computer sciences she is working for the probation

service and other chances present themselves for her to rid the streets

of the “monsters”.

 I have an issue with John’s books- albeit a good one. I cant stop

turning the pages and a chapter turns into 10 and time and real life

disappear- so easy is it to be immersed in the book.  Brilliantly

written ( as ever) and although not for the sensitive as there are

occasional scenes of murder etc, this is a fantastic plot and well

narrated- all from the female protagonist. A clever, well thought

out plot and one to leave you perhaps with a wry smile.

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