Review: Inventive Dark Fiction
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 07 3, 2014
Combining elements of a police procedural drama, serial killer thriller and ultra dark fantasy with horrific undertones, The Exiled is anything but formulaic. Taking place in the Scottish city of Edinburgh, Meikle's tale follows two brothers - one a detective inspector, the other a journalist - as they try to hunt down the abductor of several missing girls. What they find, however, is beyond their imagining and is as compelling as it is horrifying.Meikle paints an incredibly readable page-turner that never lets up the pace as the brothers circle ever closer to the truth. Their relationship is well-defined and feels real - even if the two of them seem to be determined to drink Scotland dry as they stress over their next lead. And when the police work takes a back seat to the burgeoning fantasy elements, there is darkness aplenty to be found, so reader beware: this is not a fairy tale for a younger audience.All in all, Meikle has found himself a new fan with The Exiled and I'm looking forward to working my way through his back catalogue to see what else his imagination has realised.4 Thin Walls Between Realities for The Exiled.The preceding is based on an eARC generously provided by DarkFuse publishing via NetGalley.