This book started with great promise. This is an unusual murder mystery, as it is not a detective trying to solve it. It is a convoluted story of how an executive called Jake, previously renowned for helping businesses which are in trouble, is roped into help the business which produces racing cars. This despite the fact that he has a somewhat murky recent past himself. He battles with a very toxic family, including the dead father, the owner, who appears to have been murdered.
There are no likeable characters in this story, and it is incredibly descriptive, details of every action and scene are described minutely - the old adage for writers ‘ show, don’t tell’ might have helped in this case.
It actually reads as if it might have a future as a screenplay. There was just too much flagging up of what was coming, and required a big suspension of disbelief. Predictable and all neatly wrapped up at the end, I was a bit disappointed I’m sorry to say. .
My thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for my advance copy of this book