When award-winning journalist Marcus Murray's latest story uncovers a corrupt alliance between a UK bank, the arms trade and the government, it seems he has triumphed again in his quest for the truth.
But he is accused of fabrication and nothing in his life makes sense anymore, including the disappearance twenty years ago of his best friend, Melanie. Why did she vanish, and who is the body recently discovered in a Kent orchard? A timeless story of how love and enduring friendship shape who we are, the novel exposes the fault lines in our reality and who and what we believe to be true, including ourselves.
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You could say that Newton's third law was my guiding principle.
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(@Ofmooseandmen, 14 September 2017, ebook, 238 pages, borrowed from @GlasgowLib via @BorrowBox)
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This is a new author for me. I really enjoyed So The Doves. I will definitely read more of her work. I read a lot of crime fiction / thrillers and this was very different than similar books I've come across before. I'm not sure why. It's very short, more of a novella and yet it felt like a much longer and more intense read, so much is packed in. I loved the way the book moves between now with Marcus trying to hold onto his sanity and career in light of a scandal and being a murder suspect and events twenty years ago which culminated in Melanie's disappearance. Are the past and present linked and if so how? Who killed the man found in the orchard? Did Marcus fabricate the biggest story of his career? I loved the way it all slowly unfolded. I found this original and gripping.
