Tick Tock by Mel Sherratt Blog Tour

Today is my stop on the blog tour, for my stop I have my review, enjoy.






Tick Tock by Mel Sherratt
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Time taken to read - 2 days

Pages - 400

Publisher - Avon books

Source - Review copy

Blurb from Amazon

TICK…

In the city of Stoke, a teenage girl is murdered in the middle of the day, her lifeless body abandoned in a field behind her school.

TOCK…

Two days later, a young mother is abducted. She’s discovered strangled and dumped in a local park.

TIME’S UP…

DS Grace Allendale and her team are brought in to investigate, but with a bold killer, no leads and nothing to connect the victims, the case seems hopeless. It’s only when a third woman is targeted that a sinister pattern emerges. A dangerous mind is behind these attacks, and Grace realises that the clock is ticking…

Can they catch the killer before another young woman dies?

The number one bestselling author returns with a breath-taking police procedural thriller series that will have you on the edge of your seat.


My Review

A young girl murdered in a very public and risky place. DS Grace Allendale and team are called in to investigate as another victim is targeted but who is choosing them and why. The clock is ticking and lives are at stake. In between all of that Allendale is trying to work on her relationship, Simon is a journalist which puts them both at odds with each trying to do their job as best they can.

This is book two of a series with kick backs to the first book however you can read this as a standalone to be fair. The investigation side the police have another victim and need to work out if it is related to their earlier killing, do they have a serial killer? We then have the personal aspect with Grace and Simon, their blooming relationship, how it effects their jobs and the personal strains they face. It gives Grace a much more human character, seeing a raw and emotive side gives her a more relatable side the reader can warm to. Trying to connect with Simon's teen daughter who wants nothing to do with her, as dad's new girlfriend and her being a police officer.

There are scenes with teenagers which give a different feel in the book and different strands and stories lines to keep the reader engaged. Lots of pace, action and threads where we don't know what is coming next, the how or why and plenty of times I thought I knew where it was going! Sherratt keeps you on your toes and I can't wait to see where book three is going to take us! 4/5 for me this time.

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Hush Hush by Mel Sherratt Blog Tour

Today is my stop on the blog tour, as you can see it has a lot of stops on the tour so please check them out as we all offer different content.








Before we get to my review I just want to highlight how fantastic a job Sabah from Avon Books does with the book PR. As well as this fabulous book/cover the PR for that comes out of Avon is great. See the photo and tag line, isn't it grand! See the wee bottle of blood and water?





Hush Hush by Mel Sherratt
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Time taken to read - in and out over 2 days

Pages - 400

Publisher - Avon

Source - ARC

Blurb from Goodreads

A gripping new series from million-copy bestseller Mel Sherratt

A killer is on the loose, attacking people in places they feel most safe: their workplaces, their homes. It’s up to DS Grace Allendale to stop the murders, and prove herself to her new team.

All clues lead to local crime family the Steeles, but that’s where things get complicated. Because the Steeles aren’t just any family, they’re Grace’s family. Two brothers and two sisters, connected by the violent father only Grace and her mother escaped.

To catch the killer, Grace will have to choose between her team and her blood. But who do you trust, when both sides are out to get you?

An unforgettable thriller that fans of MARTINA COLE and CARA HUNTER won’t be able to put down.




My Review

DS Grace Allendale has went back to her roots, leaving as the daughter of a gangster coming back a police officer. Under advice of her superiors she keeps her identity from her colleagues, when her first case comes up it is a vicious killer and it takes her right to her "family" background. Juggling the job, her past, keeping her integrity and listening to her boss's advice, Grace is struggling on many levels and there is a killer to catch!

The book flips past and present, we hear from a little girl whose father is vicious and her upbringing horrific. A bully, a sadist and elements of sexual abuse as well as physical and emotional, it is a nameless voice of a child that makes for hard reading due to the nature. We then follow present day and Grace having to recall the past, the things she thought she escaped and now the family she turned her back on. There are so many layers to this book, the violence, the murder, team integration, office politics, family reunion, one who upholds the law and her estranged family who care not one iota for it. It is a busy wee book, lots going on and with it being crime we have lots of skulduggery, murder, abuse, good vs bad, family values it has everything.

Short chapters which as you know by now I love especially when you are working or life gets in the way so you can read as you go and get opportunities. I have never read Sherratt before, this was my first and it sure won't be my last, I have a few of hers on my tbrm I need to bump up. 4/5 for me this time, you can buy your own copy from the 18th of October 2018, ebook and treebook format.

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