Review: Hold on tight.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 08 6, 2012
Right from the onset of this review, I have to confess that I didn't realise that this was the second book in the Lorne Simkins series (I'm reticent to call it a trilogy as the author refers to them as books one, two and three.).  I'm normally careful not to read books out of order, but I have to admit, it didn't make any difference, as the book stands well alone.This book really does grab the reader by the scruff of the neck and hurls them through the plot.  Don't expect to take time to draw breath either, as you get drawn into the hero's world as she fights, ever more desperately, against a sadistic (and boy, do I mean sadistic) serial killer,  intent upon her destruction.The book doesn't let up throughout, hurling the reader from scene to scene as the detective relentlessly hunts her quarry through London and the South East.The author writes with a smooth and powerful imagination enticing the reader to try and guess what will happen next.  Cleverly, although the twists and turns are severe, they never feel contrived or outrageous; a hard thing to achieve, with a book as exciting as this one.I'm happy to say that there were very few typographical errors in this book, a couple of homophonic ones, but overall very well edited.