Thanks to Rachel’s Random Resources for the gifted copy of the book innorder to take part in the book tour.
TWO DEATHS
Tommy and Markie Jones are found dead at the side of a main road in Scotland.
TWO RIVALS
Detectives Jazzy Solanki and Annie McQueen are on the scene where the bodies are identified as the nephews of Jimmy Nails, head of a notable gang in Glasgow. The turf war between the gangs of Glasgow and Edinburgh has existed for years, but these murders are seen as an escalation in violence.
ONE UNFORGIVABLE BETRAYAL
As the investigation unfolds, there’s suspicion about a leak within the police force,and to her dismay Jazzy is asked to keep a watchful eye on someone close to her.
With distrust mounting on all sides, can the pair uncover the truth before someone else is killed?
My Review
Book two in The Solanki and McQueen Crime series. The Revenge Pact takes the reader back to Scotland, where the Jazz Queens (Jazzy and Queenie for those not in the know) have been split up. Jazzy being given her previous role back. The Jazz Queens soon show they won’t be split up by anyone!
Liz Mistry is a genius and deserves more recognition than she gets for her skilful storytelling. I knew the first book was excellent, but now I’m moving into superb for The Revenge Pact. Her knack of getting the perfect balance between plot and characters is still there. I feel like the jazz queens are my friends. Thats how well developed they are.
Told from the present day and the past I was reading so fast it felt like I inhaled this one! The twists and turns kept me on my toes. Gritty and so real. The fact that the Scottish dialects are used with the normal everyday words they use add even more edge to them.
This is a series I can not recommend highly enough to anyone who reads crime fiction. Fabulous characters and a setting you feel transported to. I can not get enough of this series.
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Author Bio
Liz Mistry moved to West Yorkshire in the late 1980s. Her gritty crime fiction police procedural novels set in Bradford embrace the city she describes as ‘Warm, Rich and Fearless’ whilst exploring the darkness that lurks beneath. Yet, her heart remains in Scotland, where childhood tales of bogey men, Bible John and grey lady ghosts fed her imagination.
Her latest work, The Solanki and McQueen crime series is set around West Lothian, where she uses the distinctive landscape, historic heritage and Scottish culture as a backdrop to her gritty yet often humorous stories.
Struggling with clinical depression and anxiety for many years, Liz often includes mental health themes in her writing. She credits her MA in Creative Writing from Leeds Trinity University with helping her find a way of using her writing to navigate her ongoing mental health struggles. The synergy been creative and academic writing led Liz to complete a doctorate in creative writing researching the importance of representation of marginalised groups within the genre she loves.
Her husband, three children and huge extended British Indian family are a constant support to her. In her spare time, Liz loves visiting the varied Scottish and Yorkshire landscape, travelling, listening to music, reading and blogging about all things crime fiction on her website blog, The Crime Warp.
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