Okay, so Debz is a
good friend of mine and a business partner as well. But there is no nepotism
here. Nothing makes its way on to this blog unless it takes me out of my
editing head. No more than I’ll like anything I don’t actually like on Facebook
just because I like the page-owner.
And this book certainly
did make me forget to chunter.
Set in the modern
day and also in 1963 with the JF Kennedy murder as a background, the story is
in part about the girl who disappeared while no one was watching because all
eyes were on JFK. But it is also a story about the 21st Century people
who looked for her and who tried to solve the mystery.
Here we have richly
drawn characters, plenty of tension and a fast pace. Every one of the characters
is believable and lovable. This novel’s plot is carefully controlled and the
novel is certainly page-turner. We’re kept guessing, about quite a few points, long
enough to want to read more.
I’m a fast reader
normally but had to take my time a little more with this one. This was no bad
thing: there is a richness of language here that makes one think a little. And even
so, it took me not more than ten days to read.
A really pleasing first
novel. I look forward to the next one.
