Review: Fine New British Crime Novel
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 13, 2012
John Barlow has done something foe me that I find he's done for others here and other places I've seen. Made me appreciate a novel set in present tense. I've found it hard to get into them before and I was soon lost in the world of John Ray, the "white sheep" of his father Tony Ray's crime family. He comes home after his brother's murder to take over the family business, a used car dealership, and transforms it into a legitimate enterprise instead of a front. He even has a relationship with a Detective Constable, Denise Danson.Now his friend, and a better salesman than he, has been accused of murdering a prostitue and stuffing her body into the trunk of one of the cars, dumping it in a lonely area, Complicating things is a stash of couterfeit money found in the car as well.John believes his friend innocent and sets out to prove it, even though the cops don't trust him very much. Son of a crime boss you know.I liked the twist Barlow throws in along the way. One of the better crime novels I've read recently and the first in a new series. I'm lookig forward to what's next and the direction he'll take us.Recommended.