Deep Dark Night by Steph Broadribb #Review #Giveaway

 I am delighted to be on the Orenda blog tour for Steph Broadribb's 4th Lori Anderson novel, Deep Dark Night. I thoroughly enjoyed the first three and you can read my reviews here: Deep Down Dead  |  Deep Blue Trouble  |  Deep Dirty Truth
  I also have a great Giveaway with the chance to win a print copy of Deep Dark Night. Details on how to enter are at the foot of this post. 

 

The fourth book in the award-winning Lori Anderson series, Deep Dark Night sees daring bounty hunter and single mother Lori Anderson journey from Florida to Chicago to take down a notorious crime family. Published to coincide with International Women’s Month, it will see the full series rebranded a fresh, contemporary new look. 

Working off the books for FBI Special Agent Alex Monroe, Florida bounty hunter Lori Anderson and her partner, JT, head to Chicago. Their mission: to entrap the head of the Cabressa crime family. The bait: a priceless chess set that Cabressa is determined to add to his collection. 

An exclusive high-stakes poker game is arranged in the penthouse suite of one of the city’s tallest buildings, with Lori holding the cards in an agreed arrangement to hand over the pieces, one by one. But, as night falls and the game plays out, stakes rise and tempers flare. 

When a power failure plunges the city into darkness, the building goes into lockdown. But this isn’t an ordinary blackout, and the men around the poker table aren’t all who they say they are. Hostages are taken, old scores resurface and the players start to die. 

And that’s just the beginning...

My Thoughts

Tense, tense, tense - that just about sums up this thriller for me. It starts down in a dark cellar and the feeling of being enclosed, locked- in, runs through the book. In contrast to the three earlier books in the Lori Anderson series, this one does not range all around the country. It stays pretty much where it started and Lori finds herself hemmed in, imprisoned in various locations. When she reaches the fresh air, it is to find there is a blackout and anarchy erupting. The settings reflect her inner turmoil as she feels trapped by Monroe's hold over her and JT. 

    Lori Anderson is as brave and sassy as ever. You can't help but like her. The action alternates between Lori (in the first person) and JT (in the third). The plotting is seamless and so assured. There is no clumsiness, it is like a well-oiled machine! It is a machine which gets faster and faster as the plot continues and the pace never lets up. Wherever will Book 5 take her? I can't wait to find out!

In short: Character, action, atmosphere, tension- it has it all!  

About the Author

Steph Broadribb  was born in Birmingham and grew up in Buckinghamshire.  Most  of her working life has been spent between the UK and USA. As her alterego - Crime Thriller Girl - she indulges in her love of all things crime fiction by blogging at crimethrillergirl.com, where she interviews authors and reviews the latest releases. She is also a member of the crime-themed girl band The Splice Girls. Steph is an alumni of the MA Creative Writing (Crime Fiction) at City University London, and she trained as a bounty hunter in California, which inspired her Lori Anderson thrillers, She lives in Buckinghamshire surrounded by horses, cows and chickens. Her debut thriller, Deep  Down Dead, was shortlisted for the Dead Good Reader Awards in two categories, and hit number one on the UK and AU kindle charts. My Little Eye, her first novel under her pseudonym, Stephanie Marland was published by Trapeze Books in April 2018.

 You can follow Steph here:  Website   |   Twitter  |   Facebook.

Book link: Amazon UK 

Thanks to Steph Broadribb, Karen Sullivan and Anne Cater of Orenda Books for a copy of the book and a place on the tour.


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                                                                          Giveaway (UK only)

 

To win a print copy of Deep Dark Night, just Follow and Retweet the pinned Tweet at @bookslifethings and good luck!

 Closing Date is 29th March 2020 and there is one winner.

*Terms and Conditions – UK only.  The winner will be selected at random via Tweetdraw from all valid entries and will be notified by Twitter and/or email. If no response is received within 7 days then I reserve the right to select an alternative winner. Open to all entrants aged 18 or over.  Any personal data given as part of the competition entry is used for this purpose only and will not be shared with third parties, with the exception of the winners’ information. This will passed to the giveaway organiser and used only for fulfilment of the prize. I am not responsible for despatch or delivery of the prize.