New Year’s Eve, London.
Outside the Hope & Glory pub, a man has been left to die. A victim of extraordinary violence, he will never walk or speak again. He remains in hospital for months, until criminal defense lawyer Sarah Kellerman walks onto his ward.
Sarah barely recognises the man she once worked with – he was honorable and kind – what was he involved in? Who wanted him dead? But in her race to uncover the truth, Sarah comes to realize there are two men in her life that she never really knew at all…
From one of crime fiction’s most compelling voices, One Dark, Two Light is where the personal and criminal collide, as Sarah works to bring dark secrets into the light.
My Rating:
Favorite Quote:
I’m not asking you for a favour, here, Andy. I’m asking you to be a father. It’s unconditional. There are no rewards, no prizes, no strings attached. We’re parents because we chose to be parents… I am not going to thank you for looking after your own son. If you truly believe that fathers are important enough to fuck up our lives, then stick around this time and be one!
My Review:
This was a confounding and complex plot with several complicated and well-nuanced storylines, frustrating and deeply flawed characters, and fatally compelling social issues. I was incensed and fully invested as the tale was ingeniously plotted, thrummed with tension, was maddeningly paced, and had me grinding my teeth and pulling at my ragged cuticles – yet I couldn’t put it down and huffed and hissed at any interruption to my reading. I wanted to give every character a smack to the head with my kindle at some point as no one was fully trustworthy and everyone was tainted and to blame for something, just like in real life. Except for me of course, as I have lived an exemplary life and have been a total delight to everyone I’ve ever met. 😉
Ruth Mancini is a criminal defense lawyer, author and freelance writer. She lives in Oxfordshire with her husband and two children.
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Of course you are exemplary – at least you are at book review! 😉
Amazing review my friend, this book looks and sounds like my kind of book that I would so enjoyed reading. I am really glad you fully enjoyed reading this book. Thank you so much for sharing your awesome post.
The bit about smacking characters with your kindle? I soooo relate to that
I like the sound of this book. Great review.
I definitely want this. So adorable. Great review!
Ohhh My kind of book.
This looks great! Awesome review!
I have no doubt about you. Glad you loved the thriller. Thrillers are the best until world is being thrilled by one unicellular organism.. Then I want to read women’s fiction not romances
This seems like a book I would like.