Review: Brilliant
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 6, 2014
'The Bestseller' is the story of an university lecturer who becomes convinced that one of his creative writing students is plotting to kill someone and write about it.I found this a fast-paced and thrilling read.  It's cleverly written - Leather brings one of his other books into the story and one character admits that while it's a brilliant book, none of the characters were likeable in any way.  The same could easily be said of this book.  It's a gripping read and the suspenseful story kept me turning pages, but while the characters were interesting and believable in their own ways, none of them were the slightest bit likeable.  I don't always finish books if I don't like the characters but there was no way I was putting this down until I found out what was going to happen!The story is well plotted and moves along at a fast, thrilling pace.  I read it fairly quickly in one sitting, trying to work out how it was all going to end.  I thought I had it figured out towards the end, but there is a really good, unpredictable twist in there which made it an even more satisfying read.  This is the second of Leather's books that I've read and I will definitely be reading more of them.Overall this is a brilliantly suspenseful, fast-paced book.  Highly recommended reading for fans of thrillers!