Donna Morfett is something of a guru in the world of crime fiction blogging, which is why I was delighted to read her review of my novel. Down Among the Dead. Donna's placed the review on both Goodreads and her widely influential blog.
Reviews are always welcome to any author but to get a good review from someone as widely influential as Donna is quite a big deal. I'm being interviewed by Donna over the weekend and I'm looking forward to it so in the meantime find Donna's review below.
This is set just after the outbreak of World War 2, in the Welsh Valleys, both providing a great setting and atmosphere, both dark, brooding, tense,
The story begins with the murder of a young woman, and then a man is found dead shortly after. It follows the police investigation into both murders hampered by the increased issues of blackouts and air raid sirens, and Germans bombing the local big cities.The main Policeman, Parade, is patient and dogged. His men can't work him out. He is a widower and despite being in charge of of station is willing to bend the rules a little to get the job done. He also didn't want to implicate any of his men.
When a German airman is arrested, he shows him humanity and compassion, which says everything possible about the man.
Despite the subject being relatively dark, there were a lot of light hearted moments, that I think showed the spirit of British people, not only during the war but in general. There is also the exploration of friendships, relationships, both clandestine and genuine.
This book hooked me in, everytime I put it down I was itching to get back to it to find out what happened. I wouldn't have guessed the truth either.
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