Gripping is my first thought. Real is my second.
An interesting cast of characters and an intense plot that kept me hooked and local locations I could plausibly visit. See I live near Bristol where the book is set. In fact my hometown was mentioned in the context of a dream Jim had where he's at Portishead Lido, while I've never visited the Lido itself (I drive past it sometimes though) I live in Portishead, so that was a nice little Easter egg.
The plot kept me guessing, I didn't work out who did it, it was written very sneakily with very few obvious clues and plenty of red herrings of possible suspects that seemed more likely.
I did notice one minor inconsistency though, at the beginning Skittle the dog was a boy but he's referred to as 'she' at the end of the book. Completely not relevant to the book but it bugged me anyway.
5/5 stars.
Stef Out x
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