Today its the turn of Colin Garrow and Blood On The Tyne:Red Snow on Beyond The Books. Thanks to Rachel’s Random Resources and Colin Garrow for the copy of the book to take part.
A dead body. A hoard of forged banknotes. A gangster out for blood.
Newcastle, December 1955. Returning home after a weekend away, singer and amateur sleuth Rosie Robson discovers a man lying on a baggage trolley with his throat cut. After the police get involved, an attack on Rosie and her boss prompts Inspector Vic Walton to find a safe house for the pair. But the bad guys seem to be one step ahead of them and Rosie is forced to track down a possible witness to the murder in a bid to learn the truth. Can the canny crooner solve the mystery before a Newcastle gang boss catches up with her?
Set on Tyneside, Blood on the Tyne: Red Snow is book #3 in the Rosie Robson Murder Mysteries series.
Colin Garrow is an author whose books I have read before and really enjoyed. This was the first book I have read in the Rosie Robson series. I just hoped I would be able to fully appreciate this book without having read books one or two.
Set in and around Newcastle during 1955. This was a fast-paced, exciting mystery that revolves around Rosie Robson. A nightclub owner and amateur detective who takes nothing lying down. Even though this was the first book in the series I had read, I loved Rosie. From the moment she discovers a dead body at Newcastle train station as she returns from York, I couldn’t tear myself away from the book.
Packed full of gangsters, murder and mayhem, Rosie is determined nothing will stop her finding the truth and not dying in the process. She is a great character who I am looking forward to returning to in the first and second books when I can.
Colin Garrow writes in such a way that I felt enveloped in this book. He doesn’t just transport the reader to the North East he makes you feel like you are actually listening to the characters too. He uses the dialect of the region ‘Geordie’, so effectively all the way through. With the dialect comes the humour that is part and parcel of it.
There are twists that I didn’t expect and they help to bring the story to its conclusion. Altogether an entertaining, gripping read which just concreted the fact that when Colin Garrow writes, he makes readers sit up and take notice.
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Author Bio
True-born Geordie Colin Garrow grew up in a former mining town in Northumberland and has worked in a plethora of professions including taxi driver, antiques dealer, drama facilitator, theatre director and fish processor. He has also occasionally masqueraded as a pirate. Colin’s published books include the Watson Letters series, the Terry Bell Mysteries and the Rosie Robson Murder Mysteries. His short stories have appeared in several literary mags, including: SN Review, Flash Fiction Magazine, The Grind, A3 Review, Inkapture and Scribble Magazine. These days he lives in a humble cottage in Northeast Scotland.
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sharonbeyondthebooks.uk 
Lovely review – thanks so much, Sharon 😉
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