Series: The Valley Park Series #1
on July 2, 2015
Format: eBook
Source: Bought
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Exiled from his beloved Newcastle sixteen years ago, Detective Sergeant Lee Jamieson is returning home in search of the teenage daughter he’s never met. With a good promotion under his belt and his parents gone, he’s ready to return to his roots and the warm Geordie spirit he has missed so much.
Much to his surprise, his first assignment is in Valley Park, a forgotten sink estate and home to some of the worst social deprivation in the country – the estate where he grew up, and where Nicola Kelly, the wife of a renowned local villain, calls home.
As Lee and Nicola’s lives become entwined through a series of dramatic events, they fall in love and embark on a dangerous affair that will change both of their lives forever. Nicola’s husband, Micky, has few scruples, and, as he feels her slipping away, tightens his grip on her affections.
In order for Lee and Nicola to be together, Micky Kelly has to go.
WOW! What a dark and gritty read – I loved it! I bought a copy of this book after seeing a review from fellow blogger and author, Noelle Holten (read her fab review here) and I haven’t had a chance to read it…until now!
This book is everything I love about this gritty genre! You have love, loss, heartbreak, and corruption! Micky Kelly – what a god-awful human being! The way he lorded it up over everyone was cringe, he was awful to Nicola, such a sweet soul, and living his double life! Urgh. I guess there is only one way for this to end!
I didn’t realise how much one book could pack a punch! When we got to the boat raid, I cheered and thought, this is it….but then I realised it couldn’t be there was so much more to read! It was intense and thrilling, dark and sad. You just wonder how one person, aka Nicola, could go through! It’s a LOT!!!!
I loved that Lee was there supporting her, as much as he could and she would allow it. He brought justice that he could on the one hand and dealt it in the wrong way on the other. Such conflicting emotions!
How this has not been made into a TV show I will never know! But I am so glad it was made into a book instead. I needed to read this book, and I am so glad I have.
The story is at a slower pace than I normally go, but this needed to be. We have a lot to compact into so few pages, well 308 but it still felt so short once I got to the end. I haven’t been ready to say bye to Lee and Nicola.
Gritty, twisty, dark – all the keywords here and they all apply to this fantastic book!
Until the next time xxx
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