This Five Star Review is
published on Goodreads.com. There is
also a 5* review on Kindle!
'This the first mystery book
I have read for years and I really enjoyed it. I loved the introduction, - I was
right there with the boy on his bike when the body was found, and I liked the
extensive use of dialogue, giving us an insight into the characters, moving the
action on or revealing past events or situations. Flashbacks are smoothly
integrated into the plot and a few carefully chosen details, such as cars or
dancing, add an extra dimension to characters and scenes.
'There are several plausible
motives and suspects and you wait in anticipation to see how the threads will
be unravelled. The emotional states of the different characters are clearly put
across and for me, this is a brilliant psychological thriller where, I'm glad
to say, gore and over dramatisation have no place. All in all, it's a book
about what makes people tick and how detectives finally find their answers
through understanding human emotions and the pressures of society, especially
if you happen to be famous. Both the choice of language and the complex web of
emotions ground the book firmly into the modern world.
'Model Murder' made me
realise how much I have missed by leaving 'mysteries' out of my reading list
for so long. Time to catch up.' (Solange Hando).
