Rating: 5/5
Review:
Gripping and intelligent
This is a gripping and intelligent police thriller from Tony
Parsons. It's the fourth in the Max
Wolfe series, but I read it without having read the previous three and enjoyed
it very much.
This time, DC Max Wolfe investigates people trafficking
after twelve women are found dead in the back of a lorry. It's a well-researched and passionately angry
story which it moves at a very brisk pace and kept me gripped throughout. Parsons writes very well; I found Max's
narrative voice very convincing, the characters and background well painted and
the story itself largely believable.
There are some fairly significant implausibilities at times, one or two
unlikely coincidences, but in a work of fiction like this I didn't find them
too off-putting.
This is a very good, exciting read which makes important
points while largely avoiding preaching or speechifying. I enjoyed it and can recommend it warmly.
(My thanks to Cornerstone for an ARC via NetGalley.)
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