Jud H. (trekie70) - , reviewed on 12/25/2015 + 291 more book reviews

Peter Crookham is an British architect with a successful business and a beautiful wife. That all changes in a heartbeat when he arrives home one night to find his brother, a journalist, dead on his living room floor and his wife covered in blood. All the evidence points to his wife, something that is hard for him to believe. While his wife gets treated in a psychiatric hospital. Peter begins searching for answers. His efforts to find out why his wife would kill his brother don't go unnoticed, however and after receiving a strange email warning him to stop his investigation, he begins to wonder how well he actually knows his wife. His quest to know her better will take him back in time to post-war Europe and put his life at risk from those trying to protect some secrets from being revealed.

Blood Relative by David Thomas is an excellent entry in the European crime genre. Thomas has written a well-developed novel that is very descriptive without being tedious. His characters have depth and the plot flows very well from start to finish, with few, if any, slow spots. Since his main character is an architect, not a cop, I would expect that this would be a stand-alone novel. However, there is the potential to give the primary investigator in the novel his own series. If you are looking for a new author to try, you should definitely pick up Blood Relative. I would rate this book 4/5 stars.

*A copy of the book was the only compensation received for this review.*

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