Solomon’s sister, Tiffany, is in hospital after being drugged, almost drowned and in a coma after meeting up with someone on an internet dating app. Solomon himself is a loner, confined to his flat for two years after being disfigured in a tragic accident. Suddenly he is thrust back into the outside world as the police seem uncaring in trying to find who attempted to murder Tiffany. The officer in charge is more interested in tracking down Solomon’s criminal brother, Luke, than finding a would-be killer.
Solomon, along with his ‘Brain Pool’, a group he belongs to online, begin to do their own investigations into what appears to be a sadistic serial killer targeting young females. This is where the book gets clever. The Brain Pool are a group that compile crossword clues and quiz questions and together they start to gather information to try and beat the police to finding the murderer.
What’s great about this book is that there isn’t a Mr Perfect. Solomon is flawed in more ways than one. He’s young and intelligent but the reader will never really know what he’s thinking. He’s also got a brother who flirts with the wrong side of the law and a stripper sister. He’s the sensible one, and therefore he makes a great central character. I also loved the Brain Pool, the way they tease one another and meet online to thrash things out. There, Soloman can hide his secrets and remain relatively anonymous to his fellow online friends.
Apart from the rather unusual characters this book has a really good storyline. I must admit I found it a bit slow to start with but once it picked up I found I really liked the clever way things started to piece together. The killer flits in and out and the terror the girls experience is well written and genuinely frightening stuff. The subjects covered in the book are so completely current and edgy giving the book a modern twist.
I’ve never read anything by this author before but can only say I would read him again. I hope I get to read about Solomon again in other books just because he’s so different and likeable and it is a refreshing change that the main character is not a cop! I think the plot keeps you gripped and with frequent breaks in the chapters it makes it an easy read, whether you want to read a little or a lot at a time!
Overall a very enjoyable and chilling read. Recommended!
Solomon, along with his ‘Brain Pool’, a group he belongs to online, begin to do their own investigations into what appears to be a sadistic serial killer targeting young females. This is where the book gets clever. The Brain Pool are a group that compile crossword clues and quiz questions and together they start to gather information to try and beat the police to finding the murderer.
What’s great about this book is that there isn’t a Mr Perfect. Solomon is flawed in more ways than one. He’s young and intelligent but the reader will never really know what he’s thinking. He’s also got a brother who flirts with the wrong side of the law and a stripper sister. He’s the sensible one, and therefore he makes a great central character. I also loved the Brain Pool, the way they tease one another and meet online to thrash things out. There, Soloman can hide his secrets and remain relatively anonymous to his fellow online friends.
Apart from the rather unusual characters this book has a really good storyline. I must admit I found it a bit slow to start with but once it picked up I found I really liked the clever way things started to piece together. The killer flits in and out and the terror the girls experience is well written and genuinely frightening stuff. The subjects covered in the book are so completely current and edgy giving the book a modern twist.
I’ve never read anything by this author before but can only say I would read him again. I hope I get to read about Solomon again in other books just because he’s so different and likeable and it is a refreshing change that the main character is not a cop! I think the plot keeps you gripped and with frequent breaks in the chapters it makes it an easy read, whether you want to read a little or a lot at a time!
Overall a very enjoyable and chilling read. Recommended!