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GENRE – Thriller /Suspense /Mystery /Action /Drama
ABOUT THE AUTHOR – ANN GIRDHARRY
Ann Girdharry is an Award winning, British crime thriller author.
Her debut crime thriller, GOOD GIRL BAD GIRL, is an Eric Hoffer book award finalist 2017.
Ann Girdharry is a trained psychotherapist. She worked for many years in the UK as a manager in the not-for-profit sector. Today, she lives in Montpellier, France with her husband and two children.
She loves to travel and has lived in the USA, Norway, the UK and France.
(source –Amazon.com)
ABOUT THE BOOK
The character of Kal Medi has been compared to Lisbeth Salamander of “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” but I think Salamander was more emotionally vulnerable and dark.
Ann uses her professional degree of Psychotherapy to her advantage , giving a glimpse into the mind of a criminal.
From the first chapter itself the book has an edgy quality, keeping you on tenterhooks and anxious to get on to the next page, in fact sometimes the waiting would actually get too tortuous and I think it is done on purpose as the author wants you to feel the same tension that Kal is going through.But as Kal says in the Chapter 2 of this book, “frustration gives me indigestion …”
Well I too suffered along with the characters in teeth biting suspense of what next !
But too much of a good thing is also bad because some passages involving action were so tedious that I had to skip them.I think this book will benefit from some slick editing.
The novel also has a sub plot of self-discovery where Kal tries to settle her own internal demons and make peace with her past.
I look forward to the next adventure of Kal Medi with DI Spinks and her best friend Marty though it is nowhere in the league of the Millenium series but definitely makes for a riveting read.
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