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The Blurb On The Back:

In the ancient town of Cordes, an elderly tailor is found tortured and murdered.

He leaves behind a cryptic message with his granddaughter and her son – one that puts them in immediate danger.

Forced to go on the run, they find themselves hunted across France, on a journey that will take them into the heart of Europe’s violent past.

As they begin to unravel a dark truth, can the enigmatic Solomon Creed save them before it’s too late.

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The Verdict:

The second in Simon Toyne’s SOLOMON CREED SERIES is another page-turning thriller with supernatural elements that advances Solomon’s backstory while simultaneously introducing further mysteries and has a fast-paced, well-plotted central mystery that neatly combines France’s current populist political fringe with its World War II past and sets up a third book, which I will definitely be checking out.

Thanks to the Amazon Vine Programme for the review copy of this book.

The Blurb On The Back:

A plane crashes in the Arizona desert.

When Solomon Creed emerges from the wreckage he remembers just one thing: that he must save a man in danger.

A death that can’t be explained.

In the nearby town of Redemption, Holly Cornado buries her young husband. A terrible accident, or something more sinister?

Only one man can expose the truth.

When Solomon finds Holly, his search becomes a quest for the truth – and a race to expose a terrifying secret, hidden for generations, that could silence a town forever.

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The Verdict:

Simon Toyne’s supernatural thriller (the first in a series) is a pacey, action-packed affair that makes great use of multiple viewpoints to slowly unpick the secrets in Redemption while establishing a central mystery around Solomon that promises much for later books such that while there are a couple of hokey and predictable scenes, I found it an entertaining read and finished it wanting to know what happens next.