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A review by damppebbles
Body Breaker by M.W. Craven
5.0
I am in love. It’s that simple. There are a small number of reviewers whose opinion I completely trust. They only have to mention an author or their books and I’m signing into Amazon! Mike Craven’s books fall into that category. I’ve had the first book in the series, Born in a Burial Gown on the TBR for a while now and have been desperate to read it. So when the opportunity to feature on the Body Breaker blog tour arose, I jumped at the chance.
I absolutely fell in love with DI Avison Fluke. But it wasn’t just our leading man, it was every member of his team as well. For me, as an avid crime reader, someone who tends to read a lot of police procedurals, this book really grabbed my attention. That was partly due to a cracking plot and partly due to probably the best investigative team I’ve had the pleasure of reading about. Not since Mark Billingham’s Tom Thorne have I been this excited and, let’s be honest here, this smitten with a detective.
Something else that was a little different; even though this is the second book in the series (there are 2.5 by the way, two full novels and a novella) I didn’t feel as though I was missing out by not having read the first book. I find you tend to be left wondering about certain occurrences, things happen and you’re not sure if it relates to something from earlier in the series, almost like you’re always missing…something. I didn’t feel that at all whilst reading Body Breaker. It’s the best ‘part of a series standalone’ I’ve read! Saying that, I will be doing all I can to squeeze Born in a Burial Gown into my reading schedule very very soon.
DI Fluke and his second in command, DS Towler are both ex-military. And despite not serving together, these boys have a strong history together. As well as the type of friendship where the other would happily die to save his mate. I loved their relationship as not only was it hilarious in places it brought a warmth to the story. Each character is unique, each character had their moment to prove their worth to the investigation and I loved it.
What starts out as the discovery of a severed hand on a golf course turns into so much more. This book took me places I didn’t expect, gave me reading material that was quite different to my normal choices and kept me gripped from the very start to the very end. I couldn’t turn the pages fast enough but I also wanted the story to last much longer than its 320 pages!
Would I recommend this book? I most definitely would. I’m excited to have discovered Avison Fluke and his team. The author is currently working on a new series and I desperately hope this isn’t the last we’ll see of Fluke for a while (although I am very much looking forward to meeting Washington Poe!). It’s a thrilling, heart pounding novel which gave me much more than I initially expected.
Five out of five stars.
I chose to read and review an eARC of Body Breaker. The above review is my own unbiased opinion.
I absolutely fell in love with DI Avison Fluke. But it wasn’t just our leading man, it was every member of his team as well. For me, as an avid crime reader, someone who tends to read a lot of police procedurals, this book really grabbed my attention. That was partly due to a cracking plot and partly due to probably the best investigative team I’ve had the pleasure of reading about. Not since Mark Billingham’s Tom Thorne have I been this excited and, let’s be honest here, this smitten with a detective.
Something else that was a little different; even though this is the second book in the series (there are 2.5 by the way, two full novels and a novella) I didn’t feel as though I was missing out by not having read the first book. I find you tend to be left wondering about certain occurrences, things happen and you’re not sure if it relates to something from earlier in the series, almost like you’re always missing…something. I didn’t feel that at all whilst reading Body Breaker. It’s the best ‘part of a series standalone’ I’ve read! Saying that, I will be doing all I can to squeeze Born in a Burial Gown into my reading schedule very very soon.
DI Fluke and his second in command, DS Towler are both ex-military. And despite not serving together, these boys have a strong history together. As well as the type of friendship where the other would happily die to save his mate. I loved their relationship as not only was it hilarious in places it brought a warmth to the story. Each character is unique, each character had their moment to prove their worth to the investigation and I loved it.
What starts out as the discovery of a severed hand on a golf course turns into so much more. This book took me places I didn’t expect, gave me reading material that was quite different to my normal choices and kept me gripped from the very start to the very end. I couldn’t turn the pages fast enough but I also wanted the story to last much longer than its 320 pages!
Would I recommend this book? I most definitely would. I’m excited to have discovered Avison Fluke and his team. The author is currently working on a new series and I desperately hope this isn’t the last we’ll see of Fluke for a while (although I am very much looking forward to meeting Washington Poe!). It’s a thrilling, heart pounding novel which gave me much more than I initially expected.
Five out of five stars.
I chose to read and review an eARC of Body Breaker. The above review is my own unbiased opinion.