BORIS
STARLING -
STORM
Harper Collins, 2001
When a debutant author delivers a work as powerful as Messiah, then a
reader might think that he has drained the barrel too quickly. Not so
in this case.
Boris Starling has pulled off a second equally as compelling novel at his second attempt that will leave the reader begging for more.
Storm
is set in Aberdeen during a heatwave. A vicious killer is on the loose
who leaves an unusual calling card - a live black snake - on the victim's
body. Kate Beuchamp has to find the killer before he strikes again,
whilst recovering from nearly being drowned in a ferry disaster.
Storm
is really 2 tales in 1. The hunt for the killer and a separate story
concerning the tracking down of the perpetrator of the terrorist act
that sinks the ferry.
The
book is fast paced, well written and a guaranteed page-turner. The only
complaints I have are that it's a little contrived in places, where
it needn't be (I'll not tell you where, you'll see for yourselves) and
that Kate is possibly the worst mother in the world AND gets away with
it!!
This aside, I urge you to read this book. Especially for the ending!!
I strongly advise NOT eating before the tale is completed.
For
those of you who enjoyed the original Messiah on BBC (one of the best
crime stories to have ever been put out), or have read the book (which
has a VERY different ending to the drama version) this will not disappoint
I've just bought Starling's 3rd novel, Vodka, and can't wait
to get stuck into that too.
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this book online - Linghams
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