B: You Don’t Have To Be Good by Sabrina BROADBENT

Chosen because

Great opening line along the lines of “Richard first noticed his wife was missing several weeks before she disappeared”.

The Review

A fair read; an interesting use of multiple first person narration that give different perceptions of the same events. Thought provoking in its consideration of the hole left in other people’s lives when someone is no longer there. The strong start to the novel not quite matched by its dénouement.

Read another?

Probably not

A: Conman by Richard ASPLIN

Chosen because

Good blurb; intriguing start with “now” that entices you in to discover what has happened to get the narrator in this position.

The Review

Enjoyable fluent writing style with some cracking turns of phrase. However, the ability to maintain credibility in the main character’s actions could not last the rather over long 400+ pages. After page 200 or realisation sets in that nothing can be taken at face value, which rather undermines the remaining twists and turns.

Read another?

Yes, if not as thick