Gretta Mulrooney writes an engaging murder mystery in the Tyrone Swift series, a man who used to be a police officer in the London Met who sets out to meet and stay with old friend and colleague, Afan Griffiths, a man with worries whom he hasn't seen for some years. Griffiths has left the rat race behind and is now living in the remote backwaters of the Pembrokeshire coast in Wales. However, when Swift arrives, Afan is not there to meet him and the following day Aran's body is found on a coastal path, he has been stabbed to death. Swift reflects on his personal history with his ex-wife, and his daughter, Branna, with her hearing issues and more as he seeks the truth of what happened to his friend, Afan. This is an intriguing crime story, with twists and turns, that many readers are likely to find engaging. Many thanks to Joffe Books for an ARC.

An amazing read, very intricate plot. Murder, blackmail all arising from past situations. Lots of red herrings along the way, kept the reader guessing as to who the culprit really was, leading to a surprising conclusion.

A chance to catch up with an old friend whom you haven’t seen in a decade. How pleasant! What could go wrong? Plenty if he’s at the mercy of sob sisters all wanting him to fix their problems. Plenty more if he’s killed moments before you arrive and the police are injured, hospitalized, and/or simply less than competent and others die. There pots stirring aplenty in this pot-boiler of murder and intrigue set in a rural commune that seems placid and dull. #MURDERINPEMBROKESHIRE #NetGalley

Murder in Pembrokeshire is the eighth book in the Tyrone Swift murder mysteries and I enjoyed it quite a bit. I particularly loved the setting, Tir Melys, near Holybridge in Pembrokeshire, a remote spot whereby the victim has retreated from the world to live a calmer and much more simple life, tending to his bee colony and selling honey and honey mead. It's touted as an idyllic spot, but Ty soon learns there is nothing idyllic in the remote community.

I really enjoyed the main character, Tyrone Swift. He's a private investigator, but he used to work for the Metropolitan Police as well as Interpol so he obviously has a lot of experience working cases and doing investigative work. Although I have not yet read the previous books in the serious, it sounds like he has a very interesting past, one that is very different from the one of his friend, Afan, who was more of an analyst while working at Interpol. Swift proved himself to be a loyal friend, hunting for his missing friend despite the primitive conditions in which he lived as well as enduring some of the company of the community that surrounded him. He was constantly baffled by this however, as he couldn't understand how suave Afan, a man who enjoyed his comforts and his luxuries, chose to live in such a place, a place without even wi-fi and television.

I thought the mystery was quite interesting and at first, I thought it was going to be this big international thing, but I was pleasantly surprised. Swift is quite a determined character though, very tenacious and thorough, going out of his way to get along with the local police and share information, someone who definitely doesn't scare easily. The more I learned about him, the more I really became interested in reading the earlier books in this series.

The writing itself is quite engaging and I was quickly engrossed in the story. I have always wanted to visit Wales, and this book just makes me want to go even more so. The interactions between the characters was a lot of fun, and there were definitely some good twists and turns that kept me guessing along the way although my earliest hunch was pretty accurate.

Murder in Pembrokeshire is a good story with lots of twist and turns to keep you guessing. Ty Swift is a great character and his search for truth was a lot of fun, meeting interesting characters, in a remote part of Western Wales. I definitely recommend this book to anyone who enjoys a good mystery, and like myself, you can jump right into this one without having to read the previous entries. I will, however, take a look at the earlier books as my interest has been piqued and I am curious to learn more about Ty Swift. Happy reading everyone!

Although book 8 in the Tyrone Swift series it was book 1 for me but that didn't detract from the story. Ex Interpol and Detective Swift (Ty) is now a private investigator. He's taken up the offer of an old friend from Interpol to join him at his commune in Wales for a break and catch up of olden times. Arriving in the middle of digital black hole everywhere he finds Afan, the friend, absent. The odd bunch of fellow communers don't know Afan's whereabouts either. Ty then comes across Afan's body whilst out for a walk along the cliffs. Bringing in the local police he works with them to try to solve the murder. This was done in a detailed, questioning way bringing together threads then cutting them and rewinding for another attempt. All very enjoyable. The other characters of the commune seemed bizarre but so typical - the potter, the eccentric cook maybe with "history", the very odd middle-aged woman given to pigtail sucking, the domineering "leader" and so on. Whilst working on the murder Ty is also coming to terms with his broken marriage, ex wife's forthcoming second marriage and their hearing impaired daughter growing up. In a strange way the remoteness of the locality and isolation from daily electronics help him in this aspect. The characters are well-drawn, the contexts very well-described and the story twisting enough to keep the reader engaged. Glad to say there's no gratuitous violence, sex, child abuse and all the other aspects of rather too many modern detective stories. Thanks to NetGalley and Joffe Books for an advance copy in exchange for my honest review.

Murder in Pembrokeshire is a delightful cozy mystery!

I quite enjoyed this book and I am pleased to know that this is part of a series. It is always good to read further stories about a character that you enjoyed.
This novel takes place in Wales. Tyrone Swift is a private investigator who decides to take a break and go visit a friend whom he worked with in Interpol many years ago. Afan Griffith is now residing on a commune in rural Pembrokeshire. When Ty arrives for his visit, Afan is not there to greet him. As Ty waits for Afan's return, he encounters the many strange characters that live in the commune. Ty chooses to stay, hoping that his friend will soon return. The next day, Ty stumbles upon Afan's body on a coastal trail and he sets out to discover who has murdered his friend. Just when you think you have the murder solved, you will need to guess again!
I found the book had a slower start but finished up with a higher interest level. it is well written and I look forward to reading more from this author. I give it 4 stars out of 5. Thanks to NetGalley and Joffe Books for giving me this copy in exchange for my honest review.

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‘Murder In Pembrokeshire’ is the eighth book in the bestselling series featuring Tyrone Swift. I have read and loved the previous books in the series. I read the synopsis for ‘Murder In Pembrokeshire’ and it certainly sounded like a cracking read and slightly different to the other Tyrone Swift stories. I couldn’t wait any longer to read the story so I dived straight in. I thoroughly enjoyed reading ‘Murder In Pembrokeshire’ but more about that in a bit.
I like the character of Tyrone Swift and I warmed to him from the very start. He has had a colourful working history with stints with Interpol and the Metropolitan Police to name among other things. Swift isn’t a police officer anymore but he is what you might call a private detective with a contact list full of colourful characters. Swift is a determined, stubborn, thorough, tenacious and he certainly does not scare easily. Swift worked with the murder victim (Afan) in a previous worklife and goes to visit him for a catch up. However the murder happens and Swift decides to stick around and investigate the case to see if he can get justice for his friend. What happens? Well for the answer to that question and so much more you are just going to have to read the book for yourselves to find out as I am not going to tell you.
It took me no time at all to get into ‘Murder In Pembrokeshire’. In fact a peep at the cover was enough to draw me in. I binge read the book over the course of a single day because I couldn’t bear to put the book down at all. I like Swift and the murder intrigued me so I just had to keep reading. My Kindle accompanied me everywhere as I didn’t want to miss a single second of the story. The pages turned so quickly that it was almost as if they were turning themselves and at one point the page numbers became a blur. I soon got to the end of the story and I had to say goodbye to Tyrone Swift.
‘Murder In Pembrokeshire’ is superbly written but then I think that to be true of all of Gretta’s books that I have had the pleasure of reading and reviewing. She certainly knows how to start the story in a memorable way and she draws you into the story from then on. Reading ‘Murder In Pembrokeshire’ felt like being on an at times scary and unpredictable rollercoaster ride with several twists and turns along the way. Gretta describes the case and the surroundings so vividly that I felt as though I was part of the story and right by Swift’s side. I found ‘Murder In Pembrokeshire’ to be a gripping read, which kept me guessing and it kept me on the edge of my seat throughout.
In short, I thoroughly enjoyed reading ‘Murder In Pembrokeshire’ and I would recommend this book to other readers. I look forward to reading more of Gretta’s work in the future. The score on the Ginger Book Geek board is a very well deserved 5* out of 5*.

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Tyrone Swift is working as a private investigator after having worked for the Met Police and for Interpol. He was contacted by an old friend from the Job inviting him to the unusual place in the Welsh countryside that he had retreated to and hinted at wanting some help with a thorny problem. But when Ty got there the man was missing. That's because he was dead. The DI on the case is unusually cooperative, but she also has a badly broken arm and seems ill. So she lets him go all Lone Ranger so long as he reports in to her often. The story is engrossing and twisty with a good complement of red herrings. The characters are very well drawn and totally believable. Excellent read! How have I missed this author/series?!
I requested and received a free temporary ebook from Joffe Books via NetGalley. Thank you!

Great storytelling, a quirky setting, and a well-thought out plot make this a winner for traditional British mystery fans.

Former Met police officer and now private investigator, Tyrone “Ty” Swift finds evil afoot in Pembrokeshire when an intended holiday and a catch up with an old friend turns into a murder investigation.

Murder in Pembrokeshire by Greta Mulrooney takes place in modern-day Wales. When a friend he hasn’t seen in over ten years invites private investigator Tyrone “Ty” Swift to visit him for a few days in Wales, Swift thinks a bit of solitude and a catch up with an old friend far from London seems a sensible idea. But after Swift arrives at his friend’s home at a quirky nature-loving conservationist cooperative called Tir Melysa, his friend, Afan, is absent and fails to turn up. The day after his arrival at the commune, fearing his friend has met with an accident, Swift searches for him. He discovers Afan’s dead body on a coastal trail near the community. Swift barely has time to acclimate to his new surroundings before learning his friend is a murder victim. Remorseful that he had allowed so many years to pass without making the attempt to keep in touch with his old friend, Swift remains in Pembrokeshire to assist the understaffed local constabulary with the investigation. While probing the murder, Swift has his own person struggles: his memories of past failed romances, the impending wedding of his former partner and young daughter’s mother, and his daughter’s upcoming medical procedure for a serious hearing problem.

Here’s a modern-day British mystery written by a London born and educated author of Irish parents, and this book is very good. Ty Swift is a former Interpol operative and Metropolitan Police Service officer who has left the official police work in his past behind in order to become a London-based private detective. But even in a quiet environmentalists collective on the coast of Wales, Swift can’t seem to escape violence and murder.

Murder in Pembrokeshire is the eighth Tyrone Swift novel, but the first book I’ve read by this author. While set in the contemporary times of microwaves, mobile phones, and computers, I classify this novel as a traditional British detective mystery. You have all the usual suspects—a conservative story (with little in the way of offensive language, dramatic violence, perversion, or sex) featuring a comfortable social structure shockingly disrupted by a murder, with a detective attempting to find the killer by traditional investigative techniques, such as questioning suspects, observing clues, and making deductions from them. And of course, there is the tea and the gardens.

Mulrooney has crafted an interesting, believable, and multi-dimensional protagonist in Tyrone “Ty” Swift. The way she expertly weaved Swift’s backstory into the narrative made me feel as if I was well-acquainted with Swift, even though this is the first book in the series I’ve read. Her delightfully descriptive character passages were most helpful in this regard.

“... his cousin Mary kindly said that his frayed look was shabby chic – and he could never fathom where buttons vanished to, but he tried to achieve a reasonably tidy appearance for clients and when needed, judges.”

Often, in traditional British mysteries, authors create characters that are mechanical figures with little depth or inner lives they use only to move the plot along and have. Nothing could be further from the truth with this book. Mulrooney puts fine effort into breathing life into the supporting cast.

“She was mannish, with a dumpy muscular shape and although she must have been in her late thirties, she wore her hair in two juvenile pigtails tied with dark read ribbon. Now and again, she took the end of a pigtail and sucked it.”

Greta Mulrooney’s prose has literary quality, unsurprising given she studied for a degree in English Literature at the University of Ulster, Magee college in Derry. I found it a welcome counterbalance to the gritty noir mysteries I make a steady diet of usually. In that regard, I saw similarities between Mulrooney’s writing style and that of the legendary New Zealander Ngaio Marsh, a fabulous traditional mystery author.

Murder in Pembrokeshire is a fast read. I started the book one morning and finished it before tucking in for the night. I liked the way Mulrooney ratcheted up the tension while leaving you unawares until you sense your pulse has quickened. She effectively kept me in the dark about the murderer’s identity until the very end, and who it turned out to be was a complete surprise.

If you love traditional British mysteries, Murder in Pembrokeshire is probably a no-brainer. Now, of course, I want to read the other novels in the Tyrone Swift series.

Literary quality prose with a cast of fully developed, believable characters and an imaginative plot.

This is book number 8 in the popular series about Tyrone Swift, the ex-Met policeman turned private investigator, He has a young daughter Branna, the result of a one night stand with Ruby, the lady he was once engaged to but then lost to another man. He has personally survived a dreadful attack and people close to him have died as he has pursued his investigations. In the previous story he was being hounded and bad-mouthed by journalist Camilla Finley, the jailed girlfriend of the son of his former lodger Cedric who was contesting his father's will. Happily this has just been settled in Ty’s favour and with no present cases, he has time to take up the offer of an old Interpol colleague who has recently got in touch after ten years to visit him at the farming community he has made his new home. Also happily he is now rid of his previous girlfriend Nora (Nasty Nora I called her), a Met detective who was selfish and totally unsuitable, and who has now gone off with a friend of his. Afan Griffith has left his old job due to stress and has moved to Holybridge in West Wales, now living off the land and keeping bees. In his email to Ty, he tells him there is something troubling him. Ty arrives as planned but Afan is nowhere to be found, which is strange and out of character. As they search for him later that night, Ty gets an email from him saying he has had to go off and deal with something. It’s vague, which in itself is odd, and the man must have walked or had a lift to the nearest town to send it as the remote community has no wifi or mobile signal. Walking a cliff path the next day, Ty discovers his friend’s body, stabbed to death and laid out reverently at an ancient burial site. He soon finds himself immersed in the murder investigation, assisting the struggling injured DI Sofia Weber and her rather sleepy DS, and trying to glean information from the rather mismatched and colourful community characters whilst living among them at Afan’s cottage. The trail leads him to Cardiff and the discovery that the normally very straightforward Afan was keeping secrets. The others at the community also seem to have their fair share of things that they would rather not reveal but are any of them really a motive for murder? Should Ty be looking further afield or even into the past?
It's a great story with loads of red herrings and trails that lead nowhere, and Ty has to run each one to ground doggedly in his search for the truth, which ends in a dramatic and exciting finish. Well written, with great characters that were easy to visualize and a surprising yet satisfying ending. 5*

This was my first book that I read in the series and it definitely won’t be the last. It was a nice quick easy read and it had a very well thought out plot

Murder in Pembrokeshire by Gretta Mulrooney. Joffe Books, 2021.

After finishing a case, private detective Ty Swift travels to Southwest Wales to see Afun, an old friend wanting some advice. The story is set on a commune of sorts where the very low-key Swift encounters Afun’s neighbours, a series of slightly odd ducks, none of whom know where the usually reliable Afun might be.

Several pages into the first chapter, I thought “this can’t be the author’s first book …” and only then found I’d started with #8 of the favourably reviewed Tyrone Swift series, one of two that Mulrooney writes.

The story grabbed my attention right away. There is enough background to explain what makes Ty Swift tick. I had no trouble at all immediately engaging with and understanding the character. I enjoy reading British crime fiction, and can usually guess the end; not with this book. It is very good. I’ve just bought Ty Swift series 1-7 on Amazon.

Disclosure: I received a review copy of Murder in Pembrokeshire for free via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. #MURDERINPEMBROKESHIRE #NetGalley

Thanks Netgalley and the Publisher. I really enjoyed this cosy mystery book. Great characters, great storyline and a nice location. Really liked it.

Up until I received a Kindle towards the end of last year, Gretta Mulrooney was not an author I had stumbled across, but I am certainly more than happy that not only was I given the Kindle as a present, but also that I discovered Gretta Mulrooney and Tyrone Swift.
Swift is easy to picture in your minds eye and is a character that grows on you from book one and 'Murder In Pembrokeshire' continues to push him forward as one of the names in the world of fictional detectives, or should that read private investigators?
If you are familiar with Gretta Mulrooney's Tyrone Swift, this book will be enjoyed like the others. If the author and the character are un-familiar, it is time to change that.
A recommended read.

I was looking forward to a gripping session with Ty and I wasn't disappointed. I do love this series.

Ty sets off on a trip to Pembrokeshire to catch up with Afan, a good friend from his past. However, his enjoyment is marred when he arrives and Afan seems to have disappeared.

Afan is living in a remote community that aims to be self sufficient growing their own food and making goods for resale. Remote in every sense of the word, no mobile signal or broadband.

With no sign of Afan Ty sets off for a walk to find an area with mobile signal but finds much more than that, the body of his friend. As the police arrive he finds an injured detective with a broken arm and sprained ankle with a very ineffectual constable to 'help'.

All the clues point to one of the community being the murderer but who and why? Ty buckles down coping with cold showers and a journey to make a phone call as he tries to uncover the events that led to his friend's death.

There are many secrets to uncover within this strange group of people but are any of them relevant to the murder?

I loved reading this book the investigation was intriguing and had me guessing all the way through. I loved how Gretta built in descriptions of the area and the people so that I could envisage the scene and character but without including big chunks of descriptive text.

A stunning read that had me guessing all the way through - well worth the 5 stars.

Private Dectective Tyrone (Ty) Swift just finished up a court case and is ready for a break, so he accepts an old friend’s invitation to visit him in the remote community of “Tir Melys”, something seems to be bothering Afan and he is looking for help. Ty hasn’t seen Afan for quite a while and is surprised at the lifestyle Afan has embraced since they were last in touch, living off the land in, with a slight feudal feel to it, no internet, wifi, and cell service spotty at best. When Ty arrives, he receives an e-mail from Afan apologizing but he had an emergency and for Ty to make himself comfortable. Dependable Afan would never have left without telling anyone where he was going, next day Ty goes for a long ramble and happens on Afan body. Who would have wanted Afan dead? Ty digs deeper into this friend’s life and those around him, and finds “Jealousy, cruelty, rancor, betrayal” and in the end justice for this friend.
This is book 8 and the first one that I read in this series, I enjoyed the characters and storyline, it was very easy to read this book on its own.
Thank you to NetGalley and Joffe Books for a chance to read this book for my honest opinion.

Murder in Pembrokeshire by Gretta Mulrooney is the newest in the series and takes Ty (Tyrone Swift) to Pembrokeshire in West Wales to visit a friend he hadn't seen in years. Well, maybe he was less a friend than a colleague, but Afan Griffith had been there for him once when he needed a friend, and he had enjoyed his company. Now Afan had come sort of problem and Ty was going to see if he could help solve it. Imagine his surprise when he arrived and found it was little more than a commune. Afan had his own small house and he raised bees and did some farming. There were about a half a dozen others living at Tir Melys in similar situations: all small houses, although different, and all with their own interests. It turns out he rented his property and the landlords lived here as well. All the people were a little odd. Afan wasn't there, but had told him he would be by six. There was no cell signal so no calls, texts, or email. Very odd, indeed. Then, after an uncomfortable, night, he discovered Afan's body in a ruin of a chapel on the grounds. He managed to find a signal and called for help.

Ty had serious baggage that he carried with him. There was a woman he loved, the mother of his daughter, who didn't love him in return, at least in part because of his profession. He had been a cop and was now a private investigator. She thought the hours were unreliable and it was too dangerous. She was good about sharing Branna, though, so he could ask no more. Ty was slow and methodical. He talked to people and then, he talked to them again. He was good at his job and he enjoyed it, even here in Wales where he was totally out of his element. The more he talked about Afan, the odder the situation became, and the odder some of the people were. This was a good book, enjoyable because of the pace of Ty's investigation. He found clues in lots of places and put them together to get the entire picture. It was compelling and intriguing. I enjoyed it.

I was invited to read a free ARC of Murder in Pembrokeshire by Netgalley. All thoughts and opinions are my own. #netgalley #murderinpembrokeshire

Murder in Pembrokeshire is the eighth instalment in the brilliant London-based Private Investigator Tyrone ”Ty” Swift series. Ty is an ex-detective for the Metropolitan Police who had been employed by Interpol over ten years ago at their headquarters in Lyon, France. There he met colleague Afan Griffith, a highly effective criminal intelligence analyst, whom he had befriended. He was a fanatical walker rambling miles and miles, had a love of male voice choirs and a passion for Motown music as well as worshipping his BMW sports car and donning £300 Louis Vuitton shirts. From a prestigious, affluent family, Afan had been transferred to Brussels to head up a new unit; their friendship had waned and they eventually lost contact when Swift left Interpol after being stabbed in the thigh during a raid on sex traffickers and had returned to London. So receiving an email from Afan in July inviting him to Tir Melys near Holybridge in Pembrokeshire, West Wales, was a bolt out of the blue. It's a remote self-sufficient community of smallholdings set on a fifty-acre plot, a peaceful and quiet way of life, and although it takes effort to sustainably grow your own food, it is less stress and hassle than the city life and daily grind Afan had been used to. He enjoys beekeeping, gardening and making mead and loves the frugal way of living without wi-fi and phone service. Afan hints that something is playing on his mind and that he'd like Ty’s opinion on the matter. Now a PI, Ty has a little time off in August, having gotten a court hearing out of the way, and decides to head to Wales for a catch-up. He replies to the email telling Afan he'll be with him on Monday and by Saturday has a reply telling him to come to Croeso Adref, the traditional cottage in which he lives. But when he arrives he cannot get an answer and when he goes inside via the unlocked door Afan isn't home.

He comes into contact with Canadian Bruno Anderson and Jasmine Merchant and the rest of the community who have no idea where Afan is and it's clear he cannot have gone far as his fed Land Rover and trusty bike were still parked up. As time goes by they become increasingly concerned but when he receives an email purportedly from Afan saying something had come up that he had to leave to deal with, they are relieved he's okay. The following day, Ty goes for a stroll along the coastal path that cuts by the west of Holybridge to try to get a mobile signal and comes across his friend's body within a Neolithic burial chamber; his arms were crossed over his chest and nearby lay a book entitled Hives and Honey. DS Spencer was first on scene and took the details from Ty before lead investigator DI Sofia Weber arrived. 45-year-old Afan had been stabbed to death and determined to find out who and why his friend was murdered Ty is enlisted by Weber to assist the chronically underfunded and consequently understaffed local police force. And then another body drops; this time Caris Murray had been stabbed to death inside St Finnian’s chapel. This is nothing less than a riveting and completely scintillating procedural with a large suspect pool and lots of possible motives for wanting Afan dead. There are twists, turns, red herrings, plenty of intense drama and a tonne of action as the plot unfolds and the secrets of this seemingly idyllic community are revealed. Nothing is as it seems. It's a slow burner told exclusively from Ty’s perspective and I was up till dawn reading as I couldn't work out who it was or why they did it as the culprit and motives were so well hidden. One thing is for sure it'll keep you guessing. Highly recommended.

Private Investigator Tyrone Swift is looking forward to spending some time with friend Afan Griffith, even though they haven't spoke in several years. Afan is living in a small rural isolated community, living there is almost off the grid.

When Tyrone arrives, he finds that Afan is not there. Swift isn't too worried ... until he discovers his friend's body the next day. He has been stabbed to death.

The entire community seems to mourn, but someone knows more than they're saying. And this will not be the only body discovered.

There are plenty of suspects ... all the members of this tight-knit community. As is most small places, the residents, in turn, are quirky, funny, some are dangerous .... and most of them are harboring deep, dark secrets. And one of them is willing to do whatever it takes to keep those secrets hidden.

Suspense is maintained from start to finish, as is the action. The mystery is well plotted. I liked the blend of Swift's professional life with his personal life. Although 8th in this series, this is easily read as a stand alone. However, I do recommend reading in order .. Swift is a unique character to follow. The ending came out of left field ... a total surprise.

Many thanks to the author / Books n All Book Promotions / Joffe Books / Netgalley for the digital copy of this crime fiction. Read and reviewed voluntarily, opinions expressed here are unbiased and entirely my own.

This is the first book I’ve read by this author and, even though it is the eighth in the Tyrone Swift series, it can definitely be read as a standalone.

Tyrone is now a private investigator after having worked for the Met Police and for Interpol, where he worked with Afan Griffith. They were good friends but had lost contact, then Tyrone hears from Afan who invites him to stay in his rural Pembrokeshire community.

The community of smallholders is not only rural but has no internet or Wifi, so people have to rely on one landline phone in the shared dining hall or going a few miles to the nearest town.

When Tyrone arrives, his friend’s little cottage is unlocked but Afan is nowhere to be seen. They’re not too worried at first but, as time goes on, people are concerned. Then his body is found the next day. Of course, Tyrone just has to stay and find out what’s really going on there.

A gripping read with plenty of twists and turns, which I’d highly recommend.

Thank you to NetGalley and Joffe Books for an advance reader copy in return for an honest review.