I’m so happy to be part of the book tour for Emergency Drill by Chris Blackwater. Thanks to ZooLoo’s Book Tours and City Stone Publishing for my place on the tour and the gifted ebook to write my honest review.
Shortlisted for the 2020 Crime Writers’ Association Debut Dagger award
Newly qualified offshore medic, Danny Verity, arrives on the Cuillin Alpha oil platform shortly before a storm damages the satellite system, severing the crew’s only mode of communication to the mainland.
Storm or sabotage?
Danny is forced to perform emergency surgery on an injured crewmate, whose accident he suspects was the result of sabotage. The man dies, a member of the crew disappears, and yet another is attacked.
Enter the Pied Piper, whose sinister announcements carry his threats through the entire platform.
While the North Sea rages around them, emotions and suspicions run high.
Danny knows he’s the only one who can stop the saboteur. But will the crew trust him?
With no way of calling in help and unable to risk escaping on the lifeboats, everyone aboard the oil platform is trapped. So is the killer… and Danny is determined to smoke him out.
A fast-paced thriller set on an oil rig in the North Sea. Emergency Drill is Chris Blackwater’s debut thriller, and I loved every second of it! The sense of place is so strong throughout. The author’s vivid details placed me right there, with Danny, the newly qualified medic.
He has just arrived fresh to the rig when a storm hits. As the rig takes damage from the storm, they find themselves cut off when the satelite system goes down. Danny finds himself having to perform emergency surgery when a crewmate has an accident, which Danny is sure could be sabotage. As the weather grows wilder and the isolation hits home, one of the crew goes missing, and threats begin to be announced over the tannoy. Can Danny find the culprit, and will the crew trust the new medic?
The first book in the Danny Verity PI series. It’s definitely a wild, rollercoaster ride. The sense of imminent danger prevails throughout as the tension ramps up. Alongside the danger, Chris Blackwater even manages to inject humour into this adrenaline pumped book. I couldn’t put it down for one minute!
The characters are well fleshed out and had me invested. Bad news at times, but I cared about what happened and was cheering Danny on all the way. This is an action-packed, adrenaline pumping rollercoaster of a read, and I can’t wait to catch up with Danny in the next book… I hope!
Book Links
Goodreads https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/197112799-emergency-drill
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Author Bio
Chris Blackwater is a writer and chartered engineer from Leeds, England. His first novel Emergency Drill, book 1 in the Danny Verity, PI series, set on a North Sea oil platform, was shortlisted for the 2020 CWA Debut Dagger Award. His short stories have appeared in a variety of magazines and anthologies including contributions to the much-missed Mad Scientist Journal.
Book two in the series, Dead Crude, is set in Orkney. Apart from Danny Verity, it features other characters who survived Emergency Drill. He is working on a third book in the series, called Head Hunting.
Chris began writing to entertain himself whilst working on offshore oil platforms and remote power stations. His career has taken him all over the world to unusual locations and introduced him to some remarkable characters. In recent years Chris has gradually drifted down to the south coast of England where he spends his spare time learning to sail and play the flute, though not at the same time.
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Thank you so much for taking part in the tour xx
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