The Girl Who Broke The Rules - blog tour

BLOG TOUR

Blurb

The pulse-pounding new thriller from Marnie Riches. For anyone who loves Jo Nesbo and Stieg Larsson, this book is for you!

 

When the mutilated bodies of two sex-workers are found in Amsterdam, Chief Inspector van den Bergen must find a brutal murderer before the red-light-district erupts into panic. Georgina McKenzie is conducting research into pornography among the UK’s most violent sex-offenders but once van den Bergen calls on her criminology expertise, she is only too happy to come running. The rising death toll forces George and van den Bergen to navigate the labyrinthine worlds of Soho strip-club sleaze and trans-national human trafficking. And with the case growing ever more complicated, George must walk the halls of Broadmoor psychiatric hospital, seeking advice from the brilliant serial murderer, Dr. Silas Holm…

 

Marnie Riches arrives with a fully formed narrative skill that suggests decades of experience; she’s created a wonderfully idiosyncratic heroine, prone to bad judgement, and placed her in an artfully constructed novel that even incorporates cogent discussions of sexuality and gender. Ms Riches is clearly a name to watch!’ BARRY FORSHAW - author of Euro Noir and The Rough Guide to Crime Fiction.

 

BUY LINK

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00U5NU62E?ie=UTF8&at=aw-iphone-pc-uk-21&force-full-site=1&ref_=aw_bottom_links

Buy link for book one

http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Girl-Who-Wouldnt-Die-ebook/dp/B00U1K18VY/ref=pd_sim_351_2?ie=UTF8&refRID=1Z55FZFWADYE2GZBGQCJ

MY REVIEW

5/5

This is book two in the series. I've got to admit I jumped right in and read this before book one. Although this can be read as a standalone I think reading book one would have given me more background to these characters. 

Georgina (George) is studying for her PhD in UK while cleaning a strip club at night. Paul Van den Bergen is a chief inspector in Amsterdam. Paul asks George to go back to Amsterdam to tell with a case he's working on. 

If your looking for a fast paced thriller then I definitely recommend this story. Be warned there are graphic parts.

Wasn't too keen on the ending. Hope we don't have to wait too long for book three. Will certainly be reading book one before reading more of this series. 

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Marnie Riches grew up on a rough estate in Manchester. She learned her way out of the ghetto, all the way to Cambridge University, where she gained a Masters degree in German & Dutch. She has been a punk, a trainee rock star, a pretend artist, a property developer and professional fundraiser. Previously a children's author, now, she writes crime and contemporary women's fiction.

Marnie Riches is the author of The Girl Who Wouldn't Die - the first installment of the George McKenzie crime thriller series, published by Maze and Avon at Harper Collins. 

In her spare time, Marnie likes to run (more of a long distance shuffle, really) travel, drink and eat all the things (especially if combined with travel) paint portraits, sniff expensive leather shoes (what woman doesn't?) and renovate old houses. She also adores flowers.