Not got up to much writing myself or anything else for that matter as I've been engrossed in my Kindle book. An excellent story set in Edinburgh, which was a very pleasant surprise when I started reading. I give it 5 stars:
Betrayal by Sharon Brownlie
Helen king is a young woman who has been abused by her
father and betrayed by the very people that should have protected her. When she
sought help from her father’s employers; the Army, she was sent away to a
children’s home in Edinburgh. Here she befriended a boy Ashley Renton. When he
was adopted she set out to Gloucester to find him.
At age 15 Helen was ill equipped to fend for herself and
soon found herself in the clutches of violent pimp Addie. Her life descended in
a never-ending nightmare of drugs and prostitution.
Then one day she overhears a conversation and recognised the
voice of her former teacher. Helen decided then to no longer be a victim but
return to Edinburgh and revenge the wrongs that were done to her.
Betrayal is a gritty crime novel mainly set in Edinburgh. We
get to experience the story from the angle of Helen and from the eyes of D.I.
Belinda Brennan as she investigates ‘Helen’s revenge’. I enjoyed this book immensely;
the characters are well developed and believable. Edinburgh makes a great
setting. And as I used to live there for many years I could clearly imagine
where the author was taking me. A great first novel!
No comments:
Post a Comment