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A review by beckys_book_blog
The Lollipop Man by Daniel Sellers, Daniel Sellers
dark
mysterious
sad
tense
slow-paced
3.25
This was a twisty thriller set in the nineties in West Yorkshire.
In the eighties a serial killer, known as 'the Lollipop Man' had previously abducted and murdered three children. After a failed attempt to kidnap a fourth child the Lollipop Man mysteriously vanished and the abductions stopped.
Ten years later, another young girl, Sarah, has been abducted, and it seems possible the Lollipop Man is back and is the person behind her disappearance.
The story is narrated by Adrian who works at a local newspaper. He was also the fourth child the Lollipop man attempted to take but has since changed his name to hide his identity. Alongside another journalist, Sheila, they both seek to uncover the truth.
The book did take me a little while to get into as there were quite a lot of characters. I enjoyed the nostalgic trip back to the nineties, which was well written!
I raced through the second half of the book, which had more twists, tension, and suspense and was a lot harder to put down. I didn't guess the perpetrator but found it a satisfying ending to the book. Overall, this was a dark, enjoyable, crime thriller, and I'd be interested to read more by this author.
In the eighties a serial killer, known as 'the Lollipop Man' had previously abducted and murdered three children. After a failed attempt to kidnap a fourth child the Lollipop Man mysteriously vanished and the abductions stopped.
Ten years later, another young girl, Sarah, has been abducted, and it seems possible the Lollipop Man is back and is the person behind her disappearance.
The story is narrated by Adrian who works at a local newspaper. He was also the fourth child the Lollipop man attempted to take but has since changed his name to hide his identity. Alongside another journalist, Sheila, they both seek to uncover the truth.
The book did take me a little while to get into as there were quite a lot of characters. I enjoyed the nostalgic trip back to the nineties, which was well written!
I raced through the second half of the book, which had more twists, tension, and suspense and was a lot harder to put down. I didn't guess the perpetrator but found it a satisfying ending to the book. Overall, this was a dark, enjoyable, crime thriller, and I'd be interested to read more by this author.