Review: A heart-in-the-mouth thriller
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 14, 2014
DV Berkom’s latest Kate Jones novel is absolutely superb! I was hooked from the first page and had to be ejected from my aeroplane seat by a member of staff because I was so engrossed in the book, I had not realised we had landed.Kate is an outstanding character. It is rare to find such a credible female protagonist and it is a credit to Ms Berkom’s writing that I found myself dragged into Kate’s world filled with tough choices where only the strongest survive.This time, having finally freed herself from her past, Kate is dragged back into it. She has to rescue her ex-lover’s children even though he has no memory of her and the passion they both once enjoyed. Kate reveals a more rounded, vulnerable side to her character, one that I felt completed her.There is mystery and thrills galore as Kate has to find out who she can really trust in her life. The results are surprising.As with all of Ms Berkom’s novels you race through it at an urgent pace, eager to discover the outcome, spurred on by the intensity of the situations. There is no wastage of words and even the descriptions of the settings enhance the reader’s experience.I have said it before, but this is one novelist who really should have her work turned into James Bond-a-like movies.