When you have free time on a business trip overseas, you buy books.
When you have free time on a business trip overseas, you buy books.
Tom Hindle‘s debut historical crime novel is packed with red herrings, an emotional backstory for Birch and has a sucker punch twist at the end that genuinely left me surprised. Although this is very much a First Class passenger affair, I enjoyed the Agatha Christie vibe and the allusions to Birch‘s war service but Temple is notably under-developed in comparison, which is a shame as fuller characterisation would have taken this to the next level.
Perhaps more noir than cosy, this was a great debut. At times I lost track of who all the suspects were, as I often do when they are interviewed one after another.
That didn't spoil my enjoyment of this proficient whodunit. Atmospheric, twisty, and cleverly wrapped up. Pick up a copy if you're a fan of the genre.
I suspect Tom Hindle will be one to watch.
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I can‘t decide whether this is slow and boring because I‘m impatiently waiting for the new SK or it‘s slow and boring.
Waterstones haven‘t dispatched mine yet and there‘s a post strike Thursday/Friday. ☹️☹️
I may have to download on kindle…….
This was a really enjoyable crime novel, set on a sea voyage. It was gripping and thrilling, plus an ending I never saw coming! #books