I do read more thrillers than I think I do, and I do like them more than what I think I do! I can see why people enjoy them, if they are done will they are edge of your seat-ie. They can absolutely transport you to a time and place. I can see why people say setting why they read the Crime stories- I don’t know what about a thriller means location is so important, but if it is done well gosh you’d swear you had been there with the characters…
Smoke did take me a while to get into to, lots of characters and for me the summer 19/20 fires feel like yesterday, I know it’s ridiculous to criticise a book for being too atmospheric, but that was a terrible summer. Even though this is set in California I still felt very ‘there’
Corporate greed, police corruption made this such an engaging ‘who’s doing it’ of a thriller. This was my first Michael Brissenden and it certainly won’t be my last!
