I am so pleased to say I am part of the Literally PR book tour for Sea Rift by J.M Simpson. Thanks to both LitPr and J.M. Simpson for my gifted ebook to write my honest review.
Old wounds run deep. Revenge has deadly consequences.
A dead body is found hanging in local woods. It contains a sinister message for Mickey Camorra. It seems his dark past is catching up with him. As Detective Steve Miller finds another body, he ties both deaths to the Tao crime family. An old contact betrays them and the Camorra’s face their deadliest threat yet.
Mike Young is pleased to see an old flame return to Castleby. He’s hopeful they might rekindle their romance, but he soon discovers she is not all she seems.
Ex-soldier Foxy tries to move on after the death of his ex-wife. As he explores an unexpected new liaison, a rift with a close friend troubles him deeply, and he wonders about his future happiness.
Former hostage negotiator Nate Bennett moves back to Castleby, hoping the town will help heal his sick wife. When a baby is kidnapped from a cafe and the search intensifies, Nate finds himself face to face with the crazed kidnapper, as he desperately tries to save a baby’s life.
Revenge, betrayal, drama, and suspense continue in the fifth of the Castleby Series.
My Review
The Castleby series is one that always makes me want more! I read these books so fast that I feel I’m finished way too soon! Sea Rift is the fifth book to be released, and to say I was happy to see it land on my Kindle is quite the understatement of 2024.
As soon as I start to read these books, I always feel I’m back with friends. The way J.M. Simpson writes her characters makes them so vivid and full of life. Not one of them is perfect, and thats great as real people aren’t either. These are the details which, along with the setting, always draw me right into this world.
This story really grabbed me from the first page. As she always does, the author writes from multiple points of view, and I do so appreciate this. It gives me a fuller picture, although it doesn’t mean I actually come to the right conclusions. I dont even know why I even bother to think I know it all.
The way J.M. Simpson weaves every single seperate thread together and is so skilful. I always know her books will be intricate, detailed, and oh, so thrilling. The pace is so fast that the pages whizz by, and I can’t put the book down until I know it all! If you haven’t tried any of this series, give one a go! They are so worth it!
Author Bio
Originally born in Essex, Jo was predominantly raised in the West Country, enjoying a childhood in Devon and Cornwall, never far from a rugged coastline, sandy beach, or harbour.
Jo currently lives in Kent, with her two (occasionally stroppy) teenage daughters, her extremely long suffering husband and her two writing partners Max (who features as Brock in the series) and Merlin, both rescue Border Collie’s.
Jo’s debut set of novels are the Castleby series, set in a coastal community and largely inspired by the plethora of time spent in and around the UK’s coastline, and the never ending visits to RNLI shops that her children insisted on with a regularity. The series seemed a natural progression and the fictional seaside town of Castleby grew with new people and new plotlines.
The first debut novel in the Castleby series was SEA STATE, followed by the second in the series, Sea Change.
Jo is planning a new series set in the Scottish highlands, the first of which will hopefully be published in 2023, as well as a summer thriller for 2023 and a few standalone novels.
In what little spare time Jo has, she spends writing, walking by the ocean, walking the dogs, being an armchair movie critic, and drinking copious amounts of wine in her most favourite pub with friends.
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