Book Review: The Bookseller by Tim Sullivan

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Read enough, and you’ll learn how to get away with murder

Synopsis:

Detective Sergeant George Cross has a knack for dismissing red herrings: He goes by the cold hard facts, and nothing else. But with a concerning development in his personal life, Cross is hopelessly distracted. He needs to rely on those around him: an entirely foreign concept.

When the body of a bookseller is discovered lying in a pool of blood in his Bristol bookshop, the police have one question: How did the man meet such a violent, murderous end in this peaceful place?

Bookselling may be a quiet profession, but it's full of ambitious characters who know the value of a rare book and the importance of careful plotting. With their extensive reading, they might know enough to get away with murder. But will book learning be enough to fool the tenacious DS George Cross?

Review:

There is a lot to take in, in this book! Dysfunctional families, family legacies, decades old rivalries, competitive book market, antique book trade, and this is all revolving around the murder of a man who appears to have been at the wrong place at the wrong time. Or was he? As DS Cross and his team try to sort through the lies and mis-directions by everyone attached to the bookshop, the red herrings will keep them (and the reader) guessing! things are not what they seem in this quiet bookshop and soon the truth will come out-a page turner, this one kept me up late reading! This may be the first book of the series Ive read, but I'll be going back and reading the previous 6 ones next!

About the Author

Tim Sullivan is an internationally bestselling author and acclaimed screenwriter, whose credits include A Handful of Dust, Where Angels Fear to Tread, Jack and Sarah, and Letters to Juliet. He is also a television director whose credits include Sherlock Holmes and Cold Feet. His DS George Cross series was a breakout success in the UK and has sold over 850,000 copies worldwide. He lives in North London with his wife, Rachel.