Today I am pleased to be able to
participate in the blog tour for This Dark Place by Claire Kittridge. My thanks go to Anne Cater for my spot on the
blog tour.
About the Book
Priscilla Ames is the daughter of a Wall
Street hedge fund manager that has made millions in the stock market. She's
reckless, impulsive, always wanting to be the center of attention, but one
thing has been constant - her friendship with Avery Moss. They are like sisters
that share adventures and look out for each other in times of need.
Avery Moss comes from a working-class
family in Brooklyn. She met Priscilla as an 8 year-old at an elite NYC private
school where Avery was on a one-year scholarship. They became friends on the
first day of school when Avery beat up a boy that was teasing Priscilla. When
Avery’s scholarship was discontinued, Priscilla’s father, Peter Ames, stepped
in and has supported her schooling ever since, including sending the girls to a
prestigious acting college in London
NYPD Detective Kelly Moore is a member
of the elite Queens Violent Felony Squad. She is smart and strong and direct.
Years ago, her older sister disappeared while traveling in England and the case
was never solved, haunting all of her investigations. Moore’s greatest strength
and her greatest weakness are two sides of the same coin: when she’s on her
game, she works from the inside out, acting on hunches and then backing them up
with evidence – but under duress, she acts rashly, leaping before she looks.
When Priscilla’s body is found by
Avery in a posh London flat and her death is splashed across headlines
worldwide, Kelly Moore flies across the Atlantic to join a crack team of
British investigators working on the case.
Together
with the London Metropolitan Police, Kelly must track down a twisted serial
killer who seems to know her every move and her darkest secrets. As the body
count rises, and panic spreads, the killer threatens to make Kelly the next
victim.
In a heart-racing game of cat and
mouse, Kelly must outwit this elusive master of surveillance – who might be the
last person she suspects.
Review
This Dark Place by Claire Kittridge is
her debut first novel and wow what a debut.
We are introduced to NYPD Detective
Kelly Moore who has been sent to London to assist in the investigation into the
death of an American student Priscilla Ames.
We follow the investigation by the Met
Police and NYPD Detective Kelly Moore and learn how Kelly ticks and what
motivates her.
As the investigation progresses more
murders start to occur, what’s the connection and who is behind them?
Just when I thought I knew where it
was going and had sussed things out, I was proved to be completely wrong.
I found the story to be riveting and
held my attention long after I had finished the book.
I am looking forward to reading more
by this author.
About the Author
Claire Kittridge grew up in Brooklyn, NY watching
The X-files, Law and Order, and a worn-out VHS tape of Sweeney Todd that she
found in the basement. Long a lover of atmospheric landscape, rolling hills,
and rainy days, Claire fell in love with England and its great fictional
detectives while traveling around Britain as a teenager.
An avid reader, triathlete, and boxing fan, Claire
lives in New York City with her cat, Chairman Meow. She is currently at work on
the second Kelly Moore novel.
Social Media Links
Twitter:
@cpkittridge
Instagram:
@clairekittridge
Amazon
author page: amazon.com/author/clairekittridge
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with these fabulous blogs:
My thanks to Claire Kittridge for providing me with a copy of this
book to read and review. My thanks also
to Anne Cater at Random Things Tours for
my spot on the blog tour.
Thanks so much for this fabulous Blog Tour support Bev x
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