The Two Fathers
Today I am pleased to be able to conclude the blog tour for The Two Fathers by Keith Dixon. My thanks go to @Damppebbles Blog Tours.
About the Book
Why does Jessica Hastings come
home late several times a week?
Her husband asks Private Investigator Sam Dyke this simple question. Dyke doesn’t want the case: he doesn’t do divorce work … but Brian Hastings doesn’t want a divorce, he wants an explanation.
When Sam finds out what Jessica is doing, it opens up more questions. And when Brian Hastings goes missing, they’re questions he feels compelled to answer.
At the centre of the mystery is a man who most people in Manchester don’t know—Larry Stone. But those who do know him, know that far from being the simple florist he seems to be, he’s actually the biggest crook in town. He’s powerful, he’s dangerous, and he’s currently working a deal with a Dutchman who’s even worse.
And Sam is now caught in Stone’s sights as he works to find Brian Hastings, to solve a couple of murders, and to prevent Stone corrupting even more members of his own family than he already has.
Before the biggest deal of Stone’s crooked career goes down.
Review
This is part of the Sam Dyke Investigates series and is book 11 in the series. You can read these as standalones and I will confess that this is the first one I have read, but certainly won’t be the last. I will have to start collecting the books and then that will give me a great series to binge read, bit like I do with TV series in all honesty.
I liked the sound of this book when I heard it was featuring the underworld of Manchester, I love books set in or near my home and Manchester is a great city and one I am proud to work in on a daily basis. Anyway back to my thoughts on the book.
Sam Dyke is a PI, one I am going to assume brings trouble to everything he gets involved in. We join Sam in this book when he is hired by Brian Hastings to find out what his wife Jessica is up to when she goes out at night. We follow Sam as he investigates this and reports back to Brian only for things to take a drastic turn and Brian then goes missing.
Sam at this point is like a dog with a bone and wants to know more about the Hastings family and the wider family that he has unwillingly met or hear about especially the mysterious Larry Stone who on the face of it is a simple florist or is he?
This was a great read and one that I managed to curl up and read on a cold and miserable couple of days over a couple of weekends, not a lot else could be done in all honesty during this current time but I can seriously say that even if there had been, I am so glad that I didn’t do anything, as I would have missed what a fabulous book this is and what a great book it was to curl up to, with a nice big cup of tea, bar of chocolate and a blanket forgetting about the outside world and losing myself in a great story.
Looking forward to starting to collect the first ten books in the series and have what sounds like some fantastic stories to catch up on.
About the Author
Keith Dixon was
born in Yorkshire and grew up in the Midlands. He’s been writing since he was
thirteen years old in a number of different genres: thriller, espionage,
science fiction, literary. Two-time winner of the Chanticleer Reviews CLUE
First in Category award for Private Eye/Noir novel, he’s the author of ten
books in the Sam Dyke Investigations series and two other non-crime works, as
well as two collections of blog posts on the craft of writing. His new series
of Paul Storey Thrillers began in 2016.
When he’s not writing he enjoys reading, learning the guitar, watching movies
and binge-inhaling great TV series. He’s currently resident in France.
Social Media Links
Website: www.keithdixonnovels.com
Blog: www.cwconfidential.blogspot.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/IMayKillYou
Twitter: https://twitter.com/keithyd6
Email: keith@keithdixonnovels.com
To buy from:
Amazon UK: http://amzn.to/3db4bWQ
Amazon US: https://amzn.to/3jNpsal
Check out the previous stops on this fantastic blog with these fabulous blogs:
My thanks to Keith Dixon and also Emma @damppebbles blogs tours for my spot on the blog tour.
Thanks for being part of the blog tour x
ReplyDeleteWow, thanks so much for the great review! I appreciate the time you put it into reviewing - thanks again.
ReplyDeleteGood to learn about a series I was unfamiliar with. Always need something perfect for a cold night.
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