Knoxley Hall

All I can say is "Wow". Eddie Heaton has written a novel that is hard to put down despite the subject matter. You need to keep turning the pages to find out how it will end, and it will stay with you long after you have turned that last page Was justice served? You decide....

This was a good and interesting read, but it did have a couple of flaws I could not over look.

I would say that it is a very NOW topic to read, the abuse of children by people in power, and it did touch a sensitive snare with in me.
All in all, I enjoyed this book a lot but I do not think it is a book I would read again

3 and 1 / 2 stars

DS Todd responds to a body in the street. He knows who it is. It is Terry DeHavilland. He was a tabloid journalist of somewhat dubious fame. The other cops on the scene don’t recognize him.

What happens next is a convoluted story of hidden motives, the sexual abuse of children by those in power – members of parliament. The children were taken from a care home, so they were unlikely to be much missed. As DS Todd follows the trail of Terry’s last story, he is road blocked and meets an odd young woman reporter who has a whole load of unresolved issues. It seems her own father had something to do with the club that met at Knoxley Hall.

This is a heartrending story for a detective book. I was somewhat uncomfortable reading it. In fact, I almost quit reading it. It is well written and plotted fairly well. I didn’t get enough information about DS Todd to judge him in any competent way. I didn’t care for the Lucy Mainwaring character. She seemed too all over the place and acted often without thinking.

I want to thank NetGalley and Troubador Publishing Limited/Matador for forwarding to me a copy of this book so that I may read it.