I would like to thank Netgalley and Bonnier Zaffre for an advance copy of Know Me Now, the third novel in the Dan Forrester series.

Dan and his wife, Jenny, are eagerly awaiting the birth of their son and mourning the death of Dan's father from a heart attack when his friend Christopher calls and asks for help. Christopher's 13 year old son Connor has recently died and the verdict is suicide but he doesn't believe it, nor does local doctor Grace Reavey who is pushing for an autopsy. When both deaths are found to be murder Dan flies to Germany where his dad died and sends his friend DC Lucy Davies to the Highlands to look into Connor's death.

I thoroughly enjoyed Know Me Now which is an exciting read with a premise which could stray into conspiracy theory territory if it weren't so plausible. The format is just as I like my books with a straightforward third person linear narrative which switches mostly between Dan and Lucy without a hint of the perpetrator until Dan works it out so, boy, was it a shock to find out. Excellent work Ms Carver in keeping everything under wraps and allowing the reader to give full vent to their curiosity.

I'm very unsure about the science in the novel although, in her afterword, Ms Carver seems to think it's possible. As I said it's a conspiracy theorist's dream but all too plausible and scary. Having said this I'm not even sure it's that important in the grand scheme of the novel because the novel is an excellent thriller full of twists, tension and action and this underlying premise only becomes fully apparent in the dénouement. It's a gripping read.

Dan Forrester is an interesting character. An ex MI5 man he has no memory of this work (he lost those memories when his first son died) and now works as an analyst in a company which still has strong ties to and influence with the security services. Make what you will of that but he still has all the smarts and skills acquired in that job. Lucy Davies has synasthesia and appears to be bi-polar but doesn't let it get in the way of her investigations. If anything I think Ms Carver is trying to distance her characters from these disabilities as the series progresses as they play almost no role apart from an initial description.

Know Me Now is an exciting thriller which I have no hesitation in recommending as a good read.

This is the first book by this author that I have read. I will definitely read more now. This is a fast paced thriller that had me hooked from the first page. Highly recommended.

Many thanks to Netgalley and CJ Carver for the copy of this book. I agreed to give my unbiased opinion voluntarily.