Daisy in Chains

THE TITLE is deceptive: this has not mistakenly slipped into a mainstream imprint from the Silhouette catalog! It is, rather, a straightforward detective story, but probably the best in that genre that I've read in the last decade.What's so special? Pace, for one thing; a no-giveaways plot which, at the same time, does not cheat and might allow the sharpest-eyed among you to solve the riddle about three-quarters of the way through. (If you guess whodunnit any earlier, you're a genius.)Characterization is spot-on brilliant. One memorable scene involves our heroine meeting the chief suspect's groupies in a dance hall attached to a godforsaken carnival. Bolton's description of these creepy, abject, badly-dressed people is laugh-out-loud funny; there are lots of similarly deft touches throughout.However, it's all in the business of serving the plot. There are "atmospheric" whodunnit writers who imagine they're born-again Chandlers, and give us screeds of sardonic descriptions of characters or noir-ish setting... while failing to advance the story.Not Bolton.Every adjective live and breathes... but there's hardly a word that doesn't move things along, and briskly, and all the time: you'll barely catch your breath.I would welcome a suggestion or two from Bolton fans as to her other titles: I tried one set way up north (Sacrifice) and it didn't work for me, lacking above all the pace that made Daisy in Chains a winner. Like all great writers, she's certainly capable of having a bad day.But rest assured: I'm pointing you to a world-class Bolton here.Now, can someone who agrees with me about Daily in Chains point me to another?

This is the second book by Sharon Bolton and I was not disappointed. This book slowly built up in tension over the pages until you just what to finish the book to find out who did the murders, but at the same time, you don't want the book to end because you are gripped. It was quite a way through the book before I started seeing different people could very easily be the murderer, then right at the end in the last few pages you realize that it was??????? Well I am not going to spoil it read the book and find out your self who murderered three women

I have read all the Lacy Flint books which I thought were brilliant so I decided to read a stand alone by the same author. This didn’t disappoint. It kept me guessing throughout but I did guess who Maggie was about two thirds in (because the author more or less gave the game away, on purpose!) I loved all the characters even the charismatic Hamish.The ending explained the story wonderfully. Would thoroughly recommend and will definitely be reading more Sharon Bolton books.

The second book I’ve read by this author and my comment is the same as the first: a good read, sadly spoilt by a poor ending that just wasn’t plausible and left too many loose ends.

I like Sharon Bolton’s books. This one was good until end! It was very disappointing even laughable ending! Expected a bit more I must admit!