- this edition read as an e-book on Libby, supplied by my local library
- Publisher : Canelo, Publication date : August 1, 2018
- Print length : 380 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1788631455
- ISBN-13 : 978-1788631457
- Book 1 of 12 : DCI Craig Gillard Crime Thrillers
Synopsis
A woman goes missing - and for the detective, this time it's personal.
Criminologist Martin Knight lives a gilded life. But then his wife Liz disappears. There is no good explanation and Martin goes on the run.
To make things worse, Liz is the ex-girlfriend of DCI Craig Gillard who finds himself drawn into the investigation.
Is this a missing-person case or something more sinister? How dark can the truth be?
My Take
This novel is anything but straightforward. At times it strains the bounds of credibility but nevertheless the plot engages. Plenty of red herrings, plenty of times when you can say what if? and definitely not a cosy.
My rating: 4.5
About the author
Nick Louth is a bestselling writer of thriller novels, investment commentator, and an award-winning financial journalist, hailing from Lincolnshire, United Kingdom. He is famous for writing humor, comedy, thriller, mystery, and nonfiction stories. Louth is particularly well known for writing the Bernard Jones diaries series, the DCI Craig Gillard series, several standalone novels, and one widely popular nonfiction book. He is known to have sold more than half a million copies of his books. Louth’s books have appeared on top of the Kindle charts in the UK multiples times and have been translated into as many as 6 different languages. Before making his debut in the field of writing fiction in 2007, he worked as a foreign correspondent for the news agency Reuters. He was also a frequent contributor to MSN, Financial Times, and many other financial magazines on a freelance basis.
Author Louth graduated from the London School of Economics in 1979. After working as a freelancer for a few years, he joined Reuters in 1987. While catering to his duty in foreign correspondence, Louth came across an experience at a 1992 Amsterdam medical conference that inspired him to write his first fiction novel. It was eventually published in 2007 under the title of Bite and reached the top spot of the UK Kindle bestseller in 2014. The book remained on the number one spot for several weeks and sold nearly 500 thousand copies. In the area of financial journalism, Louth has been working freelance since 1998. He has contributed to Investors Chronicle, Money Observer, Financial Times, etc., and has published 7 books based on finance. Author Louth is happily married and currently resides in Lincolnshire. He spends most of his time writing thriller novels and manages some time off from his writing projects to be with his family.
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