Two Heads Are Better Than One

CRIME THRILLER

I give 5 stars to this exciting debut novel by an author to watch.

Thanks to NetGalley and Canelo Publishers for allowing my request to read this brilliant debut and first in a series.

Set in Scotland, DI Clare Mackay finds herself investigating a hit and run which turns into the first of a series of killings, linked by a series of cards left with each victim bearing a number. Beginning with a ‘5’, number ‘4’ follows quickly.

The victims appear to have one thing in common; they all go out on a Thursday evening but no one knows where they go or why.

The case moves forward when there is a witness to one of the attempted murders, and the victim survives.

Thoroughly enjoyed it and will be looking out for book 2.

Read by Janet October 2019

Synopsis:

‘I am going to use cheese wire on you’ That’s what he says. 

And so the story begins on a Wednesday afternoon when Alice answers the office phone to a distorted voice. 

Is it a prank? Does someone hold a grudge against her? Then something happens the following Wednesday which makes her believe she is the target of some sort of stalker.

Can her skills as a reporter help her track him down?

 

 

Janet’s review:

 

Having read ‘I am watching you’ by this very talented author I was very excited to have the chance to read her new book via Net Galley.

I enjoyed the story very much. The ‘then’ and ‘now’ storyline gives us the background on the perpetrator and why he is doing what he is doing, not wanting to give any spoilers!

Very well written, good depth to characters and a good pace to the story.

Would definitely recommend this book.

Over 30 years ago Debbie is on holiday with her husband, son and new baby and also their friends Nathan and Monica. Debbie disappears one night as does Nathan. Have they ran away together to start a new life or has something else happened to them? Debbie was having problems with depression following the birth of her baby, Annie, and felt she was not a good enough mother.

30 years later Anna (as she prefers to be called) has never given up hope of finding what happened to her mother, keeping a small scrapbook and a box of memories Debbie made for her. Out of the blue an an email arrives from her mother and then a new volunteer starts working in her charity bookshop with the same birthdate as her mother. Anna decides to employ a private investigator to try to find what really happened all those years ago.

The book was a bit depressing for my liking but the story was well thought out and the characters well written so I’m sure it will appeal to others.

We are Tim and Janet, we are married (to each other) and we both love to read. Janet is a chocolate eater and coffee drinker and Tim is a pretty good thrower of Tunnocks teacakes but that’s another story!! We travel around the North East of England (and further afield – furthest so far has been Dublin!) meeting authors at book events and book signings.

The main genres we read are crime thrillers, mysteries and psychological thrillers but we read a wide variety of books and are always open to reading something completely different. For example, Janet recently read and reviewed ‘Under Pressure’ by Richard Humphreys which was a true account by the author about his time living and working on a nuclear submarine. 5 stars by the way it was a fascinating read.

Some of our favourite authors include Simon Toyne, A A Dhand, Shari Lapena, T M Logan, Mark Edwards, Joy Ellis, Howard Linskey, David Baldacci, Barbara Erskine and C J Sansom. The list grows daily there are so many excellent authors releasing amazing debut novels. The latest debut Janet read was Through the Wall by Caroline Corcoran and it was a corker.

We like to read actual books although we do sometimes read on Kindle – it has its place! We have a mountain of books and are always buying more as well as borrowing from our local libraries to help keep them open – please join your local library if you have not done so yet.

We will update our blog as often as we can and link it to our Twitter profiles where we talk all things book related with other bloggers, readers and authors.

We find bloggers on Twitter have some fantastic recommendations and we would like to join in with the book love which is the reason we decided to start our own blog and get recommending to the world out there.