This is a really intense book that is a really great thriller. It really grips you from the very start and doesn't let you go until the very last minute. It's really well written with great characters and I really liked it.

This was a twisty and compelling mystery that took many different turns. I very much enjoyed it and thought the construction was clever.

There is one word for this book AMAZING. I honestly could not put this book down, the storyline kept me gripped from start to finish. The characters were well written and believable. The crimes themselves were reminiscent of a Chris Carter book but with some added extras. The reveal when it came was a shock but it made so much sense.
This is a must buy book.

I almost didn't read this book, as its called (Solomon creed #3) and I hadn't read the first two.
So glad I went ahead.
It's got two interesting main characters, and as others have said, I hope it's not the last we see of them.
A few storylines, that by the end have all tied nicely together. Even when I wasn't sure how they would.

Fast paced and interesting.
A few surprises too.
I very much enjoyed this one. ..

Dark Objects is a pacy page turner featuring two terrific main protagonists and a darkly observant murder mystery that is gripping throughout. It is also somewhat of a family drama and obvious underlying political and social commentary so it is an intriguing read on more than one level.

The outcome is unpredictable enough to keep you turning the pages.

If I had one bugbear it would be the main character having a paragraph where he turns his attention to a crime that isn't in the headlines rather than the rich white people one that is the focus of the story - and in effect giving the reader a lecture on how all crime is important not just those the media choose to cover - then the victim of this crime is forgotten again pretty much and maybe that's realistic but I would have liked the courage of convictions even if this was simply via throwaway comment at the end saying the detective was now off to solve it. But that's me.

Overall a great read that I thoroughly enjoyed. Read it all in one go in fact.

This book was incredible. It was well written with a gripping storyline and well developed characters. I read this book super quickly, I couldnt put it down, twisty, unpredictable and edge of the seat suspense. I loved it.

I read a lot of thrillers but this was my 1st by Simon Toyne and OMG! This is what all thrillers aspire to be. There is absolutely nothing about this book that will have you rolling your eyes over cliches, drawn out plots, filler chapters or plot lines that have been written a million times over. The plot in itsself is so complex and filled with twists and turns that you literally spiral faster and faster, the further into the book you get! And the twists are not things you'll see coming or be able to force as you go which just adds to the impact. It doesn't feel rushed or all neatly tied up just to get the book finished, it starts off woth a bang and keeps up a good pace as the plot progresses until it has the most amazing climax at the end. The plot literally never let's up and ever single paragraph of the story is relevant and has a purpose. There's no waffle to meet a word count or to stretch it out, its just constant suspense and action. The characters are so well written and you cab so clearly envision each and every one of them and also empathise with them. These are normal people woth normal problems like childhood trauma, racism whilst trying to work, and one of my personal fav very minor characters...... the female police offer who leads the bad ass response team and has all the men doing exactly as she says. Lol she's not that relevant but I just liked that that that was put in there as something completely unremarkable which I like to think, in this day and age it is! It's so cleverly written that you are constantly on the back foot. It's one of the few books I've come across which is written woth such depth and detail and structure that it feels like you are watching an actual film or TV series. It plays out that vividly and is that well written. The characters actions are ...... rational and relatable. And there's no alcoholic, divorced, police officer main character with a heart of gold who breaks the rules for the greater good.... we're way past that, these are like noone you've read about before and at the same time, they're like people you know. What else, what else?! It's not bigger down by flowery over the top description, it paints a clear picture using very clever descriptions but without just feeling like it's filler. You know what you need to know but we're not going to start wasting time going off on tangents just to fill the chapter. And as I said about 800 words ago, the pace is constant and consistent and the in the run up to the end, it spirals faster and faster and will not slow down until the end. You won't be able to put this one down and once you have, you'll wish you could start over. It's also set in present times, after covid and with current real world issues in a real world setting which just adds to the realism. It didn't suck me in, it swallowed me whole and then spat me out again at 2am. At which point I was straight onto see if the author had a back catalogue I could start on. I can't say enough good things, it's only Feb and this will easily be one of my favourite reads on 2022. I got through it in a day and loved ever second of it. Such an amazing book and I can't wait to read more

#DarkObjects #NetGalley
Magnificent. A killer read.
A glamorous woman is murdered in her ultra-luxurious London mansion and her husband goes missing. But according to public records, neither of them exists.
The only leads police have are several objects arranged around the woman’s body, including a set of keys and a book called How to Process a Murder by Laughton Rees—a book that appears to have helped the killer forensically cleanse the crime scene. Laughton Rees is an academic who doesn’t usually work live cases after the brutal murder of her mother as a teen left her traumatized and emotionally scarred. But the presence of her book at this scene draws her unwillingly into the high-profile investigation and media circus that springs up around it. As the dark objects found beside the body lead her closer to the victim’s identity, a dangerous threat to Laughton and her daughter emerges, as well as painful memories of her past related to the man she has always blamed for her mother’s death: John Rees, Laughton’s father, the current Metropolitan Chief Commissioner and a man she has not spoken to in twenty years. Laughton’s family was destroyed once and she built herself a new one. Now, she has to face her darkest fears and help catch a killer before this one is destroyed too.
What are you waiting for? Go for it.
Thanks to NetGalley and Harper Collins UK Harper Fiction for giving me an advance copy.

I particularly enjoyed the way Tannahill and Laughton were portrayed in this novel, she with her rituals stemming from a trauma in her childhood and he with problems of his own, eg the racism exhibited by the person he thinks is a courier. A wealthy woman is murdered in a mansion which cost millions. Tannahill is assigned to the case. And there I will not give any more of the plot away, other than saying it is highly recommended by me. The author is Simon Toyne and I have read his books before, which is why I got this one. I love the way he writes this book, grabbing you with a hook and then not letting go until you have finished the book. He keeps up a steady pace, then it gets faster as the book continues. A compelling novel.