Book Review: Welcome to Cooper by Tariq Ashkanani

 

In this explosive thriller of bad choices and dark crimes, Detective Levine knew his transfer was a punishment—but he had no idea just how bad it would get.

Synopsis

Cooper, Nebraska, is forgettable and forgotten, a town you’d only stumble into if you’d taken a seriously wrong turn. Like Detective Thomas Levine’s career has. But when a young woman is found lying in the snow, choked to death, her eyes gouged out, the disgraced detective is Cooper’s only hope for restoring peace and justice.

For Levine, still grieving and guilt-ridden over the death of his girlfriend, his so-called “transfer” from the big city to this grubby backwater has always felt like a punishment. And when his irascible new partner shoots their prime suspect using Levine’s gun, all hope of redemption is shattered. With the case in chaos, and both blackmail and a violent drug cartel to contend with, he finds himself in a world of trouble.

It gets worse. The real killer is still out there, and he’s got plans for Detective Levine. And Cooper may just be the perfect place to get away with murder.

Review:

This is an amazing debut novel. It is astounding how well you get sucked it the chaos that Levine finds himself. You feel like you are totally immersed in his new world. Then as his world spirals out of control, the reader questions how well DO they know this character? Is he a righteous person? He seemed so, but his actions seemed so opposite. But we're they? This book pulls on the nervous system, as it sweeps you from one episode to another of a life unraveling..the ending is so so unexpected, yet so totally RIGHT for this book. DO NOT MISS READING THIS BOOK! 

About the Author

Tariq Ashkanani is a solicitor based in Edinburgh, where he also runs WriteGear, a Kickstarter company that sells high-quality notebooks for writers, and WriteGear’s podcast Page One. He had no formal writing training or consultation prior to writing Welcome to Cooper. He is currently working on a follow-up thriller.