I am so lucky to be part of the ‘blogathon’ for #TeamLyons. Thanks to Tracy Fenton of Compulsive Readers and 4th Estate Books for allowing me to be part of yet another amazing tour.
The gripping new crime thriller from the bestselling author of Before We Met and Critical Incidents
Robin Lyons is back in her hometown of Birmingham and now a DCI with Force Homicide, working directly under Samir, the man who broke her heart almost twenty years ago.
When a woman is found stabbed to death in a derelict factory and no one comes forward to identify the body, Robin and her team must not only hunt for the murderer, but also solve the mystery of who their victim might be.
As Robin and Samir come under pressure from their superiors, from the media and from far-right nationalists with a dangerous agenda, tensions in Robin’s own family threaten to reach breaking point. And when a cold case from decades ago begins to smoulder and another woman is found dead in similar circumstances, rumours of a serial killer begin to spread.
In order to get to the truth Robin will need to discover where loyalty ends and duty begins. But before she can trust, she is going to have to forgive – and that means grappling with some painful home truths.
Book Info
Print length 415 pages.
Publisher Fourth Estate.
Publication Date 28 June 2021
My Review
The second book in Lucie Whitehouse’s DCI Robin Lyons series. Risk of Harm can also be read as a standalone as Lucie Whitehouse makes sure the reader is up to speed with the storyline from book 1. I am, however, revelling in the fact that I can read each book straight after the other. There is nothing like immersive reading for me.
Another addictive and compelling storyline that follows Robin in her hometown of Birmingham still. We follow the investigation into a case with her new team and the complexities of her personal life, too. Robin is a character who intrigues me. Lucie Whitehouse has made her as human as possible on paper. She is flawed and definitely a complex person, which makes me want to know everything.
Risk of Harm, ups the ante for Robin. When she discovers her new boss is someone she has history with, it made this book unputdownable for me. The issues within the plot are handled sensitively, and they are very current ones too. These added even more realism to the story.
A thriller that is so well written, which kept me reading to see if I had made the right conclusions. Obviously, I hadn’t, and that is the beauty of these books. Gripping, addictive and oh, so immersive! I am so looking forward to the next book in the series.
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