A Twist of the Knife

'A twisting, high-stakes story... Brilliant' Shari Lapena, author of The Couple Next Door

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Pub Date 08 Jun 2017 | Archive Date 08 Jun 2017

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'Wow! An absolute pleasure. Chilling, smart, funny, and what a voice she has' GILLIAN FLYNN

Blown away. What else can I tell you? Brigid Quinn is a heroine to cheer for, and Masterman writes like an angel who has seen far too many ungodly things - LINWOOD BARCLAY

Brigid Quinn is tough, determined, steely and sharper than sharp. As an ex-agent of the FBI she has seen it all, and survived. But nothing can cut her closer to the bone than family...

When Brigid gets a call from her mother saying her father is in hospital with pneumonia, she decides to check on her former colleague Laura Coleman who is living nearby. Having saved Brigid's life, Laura is now working on an 'innocence project', investigating cold cases. And one in particular seems to have caught her attention. Fifteen years before, Marcus Creighton was accused of killing his wife and three children. Now the state governor has signed the warrant for his execution.

Worried that her friend is getting in too deep, Brigid promises to help. But what if her instincts are betraying her?

'Wow! An absolute pleasure. Chilling, smart, funny, and what a voice she has' GILLIAN FLYNN

Blown away. What else can I tell you? Brigid Quinn is a heroine to cheer for, and Masterman writes like an...


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ISBN 9781474605786
PRICE £14.99 (GBP)
PAGES 352

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I enjoyed A Twist Of The Knife. It is clever, both serious and witty, and is a gripping read. It is the third in a series, but it works very well as a stand-alone book.

On the face of it, the plot sounds familiar and hackneyed, as a former FBI agent becomes involved in a friend's attempts to prove the innocence of a man before he is executed. In fact it felt original and fresh, and it also has important things to say about capital punishment. The plot develops in a credible way and avoids ridiculous "twists," but holds genuine surprises, some of which go very much against what one expects in a story like this.

The story is narrated by Brigid Quinn and it is her voice which makes this such a good book. She is 60 years old and in a stable marriage to a sane, supportive husband and is intelligent, tough, has some ordinary human frailties and is often sharply witty. It's a terrific voice which drives the story very well and also generates a very powerful sense of place in Florida. I thought the first half of the book was exceptionally good; the second half became rather less original in tone and structure; it was still well done, but the climax didn't grip me nearly as much as the first part of the book.

Small reservations aside, I can recommend this as a gripping and entertaining read and I will be looking out for more in the series.

(I received an ARC via Netgalley)

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