Today I’m bringing my review for The Confession by Maureen Myant. I am part of the book tour for Hobeck Books but as is per, it’s late! I must thank Rebecca Collens of Hobeck Books for still asking me to be a part of the Hobeck Books Tours and providing an ARC of the book! It is highly appreciated and I give my own honest thoughts In the review.
A house on a quiet suburban street on the southside of Glasgow. Neat terraced homes with manicured lawns, pruned trees. Not the sort of place that emits bad smells or where bluebottles pile up dead on a windowsill.
When the police break in, there’s a surprise in store for them. They find Julie Campbell’s decaying body at her desk, her laptop open beside her. She’s a well-liked, respectable woman. On the laptop is a confession – to five murders. There’s one major problem though – only one of the victims she names is dead.
DI Mark Nicholson is persuaded by his boss DCI Alex Scrimgeour that the confession is a fantasy, and to drop the case, but Mark senses there’s more to it than meets the eye. As he delves further, the darkest of secrets are revealed, and everyone around him is dragged into a vortex of fear, danger and murder. No one is beyond suspicion as the confession becomes a murderous reality.
The Confession is set in Glasgow, Scotland. I do love Sottish Crime Fiction and this is a cracking good read! Another new author in Maureen Myant and another gem of an author. I really wasn’t sure what to expect so I did start to read with an open mind. After the first few chapters, I was hooked.
Julia Campbell is a woman who has confessed to killing five people. She is unusual in the fact she doesn’t fit the profile in anyway, shape or form. The confession is discovered after she is found dead by the police. The biggest issue is only one person is dead out of the five confessed too. D.I Mark Nicholson has been talked into believing the confession isn’t real but can’t quite let it lie. He decides to investigate anyway. The more he discovers the darker it gets and soon everyone is under suspicion as the confession seems to come true.
Dark Secrets are everywhere, even from people you wouldn’t expect. As the story developed it brought with it twists that I didn’t see coming and secrets tumbling from everyone. Such a unique and fresh plot, it had me turning those pages just to find out what would be next.
Maureen Myant has written a perfectly paced book with characters that have hidden depths. This guaranteed an interesting and also at times scary read. Even D.I Nicholson has more to him than first meets the eye.
An atmospheric and gripping thriller that has the reader turning the pages in anticipation. If you love a unique, thrilling read this is for you.
About The Author
Maureen worked for over 25 years as an educational psychologist but has also worked as a teacher and an Open University Associate Lecturer. She is a graduate of the prestigious University of Glasgow MLitt in Creative Writing course where she was taught by Janice Galloway, Liz Lochhead, James Kelman, Alasdair Gray and Tom Leonard among others. She also has a PhD in Creative Writing. Her first novel The Search was published by Alma Books and was translated into Spanish, Dutch and Turkish. It was longlisted for the Waverton Good Read Award and was one of the books chosen to be read for the Festival du premier roman de Chambéry.
Maureen has been a voracious reader since the age of six when, fed up with her mum reading Noddy stories to her, she picked up her older brother’s copy of Enid Blyton’s The Valley of Adventure and devoured it in an evening. She hasn’t stopped reading since and loves literary fiction, historical fiction, crime fiction, psychological thrillers and contemporary fiction but not necessarily in that order. Her favourite book is The Secret History by Donna Tartt and go-to comfort read is Anne of Green Gables.
Maureen lives in Glasgow with her husband. She has three grownup children and six grandchildren who love to beat her at Bananagrams.
Author Links:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/maureenmyant
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/2662717.Maureen_Myant
Website: https://www.maureenmyant.co.uk/
sharonbeyondthebooks.uk 