Tangled Web UK Review July 2009
Burn by
Nick Brownlee
pbk out July 09
(Piatkus)
at £6.99
Just when Inspector Daniel Jouma believes calm has returned to Mombasa, all hell has broken loose. Bodies are piling up in the morgue, Jouma's new boss wants answers - and the mayor wants him out. Meanwhile, bulldozers are hurtling towards Jake Moore's stomping ground. Ever the hero, the maverick cop turned fishing-boat skipper faces up to the might of Kenya's most ruthless - and dangerous - developer. Then a chilling secret, thought long buried in the ashes of a deadly inferno, brings the crime-busting duo together once again.
Deftly crafted, a superb range of characters and vivid descriptions all help to
create an electrifying pace in Nick Brownlee’s second novel, Burn,
that is sure to follow up the success the author enjoyed with his Mombasa-based
debut,
Bait.
It is the subtleties that lie within Brownlee’s writing that make his storytelling stand out. A little gesture here, a little word there and suddenly the reader is in the thick of the action. Added to this is the author’s intrinsic sense of place, with Kenya becoming more and more familiar to those who have only ever seen in it in the company of David Attenborough.
In Jake and Harry, Brownlee has created a comfortable working partnership, tootling along trying to make ends meet. In Jouma and Jake, however, he has created a team so different - so compelling - that those who pick this novel up will be amazed at how reluctant they will be to put it down again.
(
Chris High
Chris High - Author Multi-media Promotion Service www.chrishigh.com)
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