When crusading journalist Lydia Wright is sent a video of an apparent murder on a London train, she thinks she's found the story to revive her career. But she can't find a victim, much less the killers, and the only witness has disappeared. Wary she's fallen for fake news, she begins to doubt her instincts - until a sinister call suggests that she's not the only one interested in the crime.
Michael Stringer deals in information - and doesn't care which side of the law he finds himself on. But the murder on the train has left him exposed, and now he'll stop at nothing to discover what Lydia knows.
When their paths collide, Lydia finds the story leads through a nightmare world, where money, power and politics intersect ... and information is the only thing more dangerous than a bullet.
A nerve-shattering and brutally realistic thriller, Blood Red City bursts with energy and grit from the opening page, twisting and feinting to a superb, unexpected ending that will leave you breathless.
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[Up there, the city sprawled before her]
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(@OrendaBooks, 11 April 2020, 300 pages, ebook, copy from the publisher and voluntarily reviewed, #BlogTour 7 July)
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I'd never heard of the author before but I loved the blurb so knew I had to take part in the blog tour. I'm so glad I got a chance to read Blood Red City, a thriller which ticks all the boxes - great setting, London really comes to life and is almost a character in its own right, well-written and believable characters and an intriguing plot. The blurb is what made me want to read this book in the first place and I had so many questions. What is the man killed on the tape Lydia sees? Who are the killers? Why was he killed? Who filmed the murder and why? Why is there nothing about the murder in the news? Why do the British Transport Police know nothing? The author gradually answers all of these questions by creating a compelling story that lures you deeper and deeper into the dark. I loved every word of this book.
