dgrachel 's review for:

The Blackhouse by Peter May

4.0

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I don’t know why UK mystery authors seems to all need to find the darkest, seediest, saddest solution to their crime novels, and it concerns when, even through tears and feelings of horror, I like the book. May’s writing is fantastic. I was never bored, and the plot never felt bogged down. As I listened to this, I was thrown a little by the change in POV, from first person as Fin discussed his childhood memories to third person when we were back in the present, but I think that was mostly because I couldn’t think what Fin’s childhood memories had to do with the present day case. I did not see the resolution coming, and honestly, for that I am grateful as it makes me feel a little better about myself, that my brain didn’t jump to the right conclusion. So, if you can handle small town/village drama with long-held dark family secrets, then this book will be a winner for you. Also, the audiobook narration was terrific.