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A review by coffeecurls
Rush of Blood by Mark Billingham
5.0
5 stars from me!
Rush of Blood is a welcome departure from the standard crime thriller format.
It still contains a crime and has an over riding theme of 'whodunnit' but it incorporates a story line that has more basis in the analysis of personalities, traits, emotions and relationships.
From the very first few pages you are drawn into the lives of three couples and their differing idiosyncrasies; do you like any of them, dislike them, empathise with them, believe them? All this remains to be seen and as more is revealed about each character and each couple, be prepared to change your mind!
In reality, a sad tale about a mother's grief runs through this book but the star of the show is without doubt the quest to find the killer.
I found this to be a thoroughly enjoyable book and I constantly changed my mind on who I thought was the killer. Great stuff.
Rush of Blood is a welcome departure from the standard crime thriller format.
It still contains a crime and has an over riding theme of 'whodunnit' but it incorporates a story line that has more basis in the analysis of personalities, traits, emotions and relationships.
From the very first few pages you are drawn into the lives of three couples and their differing idiosyncrasies; do you like any of them, dislike them, empathise with them, believe them? All this remains to be seen and as more is revealed about each character and each couple, be prepared to change your mind!
In reality, a sad tale about a mother's grief runs through this book but the star of the show is without doubt the quest to find the killer.
I found this to be a thoroughly enjoyable book and I constantly changed my mind on who I thought was the killer. Great stuff.