Twenty grand has vanished from Shaun Halloran’s casino, and so has gorgeous blonde croupier Kat White. Once he’s tracked her down, he’ll shoot first and ask questions later.Amy Satterthwaite’s just learned Kat stole her ID for a sham marriage. Desperate to clear her name and save her friend from Shaun, she swallows her pride and turns to arrogant Ross Pritchard for help. But can they find Kat in … find Kat in time?
Twists and tension keep the pages turning in A.A. Abbott’s stunning crime thriller. As Kat’s trail leads from London’s smart Fitzrovia to secret tunnels below central Birmingham, the stakes couldn’t be higher.
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Jam-packed with action. This book is sure to keep you on the edge of your seat.
An intense, engaging thriller that flows easily across multiple POVs. What at first seems to start as a cozy mystery ramps up in intensity when Amy learns that her roommate has gotten involved in some thing she would’ve been smart to avoid. Things get worse for Amy when she learns that Kat used her name to do it. Desperate to save Kat and herself, Amy is whisked on a race against the clock.
The beginning of the story from the end was very easy to read. The characters were realistic, and I especially loved the back and forths between Kat and Amy. Both of them felt like real people. I didn’t care for Ross at much, but his character was very well developed too. Since we spend time inside each character’s head at least once in the story, it is easy to understand all of their motives.
I enjoyed this thriller from start to finish.
This book was about a woman who finds out her roommate was into some truly dodgy stuff. She was marrying illegal immigrants for money. She used her roommates names and information on the marriage certificates. She also was not paying the rent on the place she shared with her. She teams up with a man she works with to try to track her roommate down. Meanwhile, some gangsters are also after her roommate because they think she stole from them.
This is not the kind of book you can read in short bursts. There’s a lot going on and since it is so complex you will be more likely to miss important details unless you give it your undivided attention like I did. I found this to be very intriguing and suspenseful. This went in a direction I didn’t see coming and you won’t either. I totally enjoyed this!
Characters weren’t very believable.
I enjoyed reading The Brides Trail by the talented author AA Abbott.
Amy only wanted to enjoy life, enjoy her job, and a guy to love if she ever found the time for one in her hectic life. She also would prefer her parents to be back together and not watch her father go through his midlife crises.
When a man with a knife comes knocking her world is turned upside down. First her roommate goes missing, and then she discovers her name has been used in a marriage fraud.
Can she find her friend in time, or will Amy and her work colleague become another victim.
This book keeps you on your toes. It is an enjoyable tale and the author does a good job of weaving the various characters and storylines, eventually bringing them together. The characters are varied and interesting and the plot is well thought out.
This is the second book I have read by this author. The person who recommended this author to me said you can read the books in any order. While this is true, you will definitely get more out of them if you read them in sequence.
If you like books you can read quickly but that make you want to keep reading more, I recommend this series.
This book was the definition of a page-turner! It’s a compulsive read where once you start you can’t stop.
It’s gritty, dark and dips into the dark underbelly of the world around us. You never know who could be standing right beside you, do you?
Amy Satterthwaite’s flatmate has vanished. Finding out that Kat stole her identity for some sham marriage scam is the least of her worries when certain unsavoury characters come knocking at their door looking for Amy’s erstwhile flatmate.
These are not the type of people you want to double cross *shakes head* With not just Kat’s life being threatened, it’s paramount that Amy tracks her down asap. Only, where to begin?
Enlisting the help of one of Kat’s many admirers, Ross Pritchard (although I would rather have stuck pins in my eyes), the two set off to track down the missing Kat. Can they warn/get to her in time?
Who is the mysterious Kat? The game is afoot as they say.
Told via multiple POVs this story had me gripped till the very end where I was still left with more questions than answers. Curse you, author *raises fists* lol!
And breathe…
However, when you take a moment and think about it like a rational person (which despite popular opinion I can be on occasion *smirks*), this is exactly what you want from the first book in a series.
Whaaa?
*wags finger*
Don’t go looking at me like that – I’m getting to the reason behind my rating. Sheesh! All in good time, people, all in good time.
*sucks in breath*
Okay, so beside the more questions than answers at the end thing, Ididntreallylikeanyofthecharacters *blows out breath* They just weren’t very likeable, but part of me thinks that was part of their charm *shrugs*
Honestly, I can’t repeat what I thought of Ross in polite society and the jury is still out on Amy and Kat. Hmm, okay, I was intrigued by Erik so I hope we hear more about him.
But, above all, I was compelled to keep turning the pages to find out what happened. In other words, I’m hooked.
Onwards to Book 2 – who’s coming with?
The Bride’s Trail is an intriguing mystery set in London and Birmingham, England. The settings are so well-known and handled that the reader gets the feeling of being there, of being totally accustomed to the various neighborhoods and districts, to the point of just feeling natural there.
Then there’s the story. It’s told through the viewpoint, at one point or another, of everyone involved. Each character gets a chapter, or two, or three, so the reader is really able to get inside each character’s head. It’s fascinating to see the story unfold from everybody’s side, especially when the reader forms an opinion of a character only to see the story next from that character’s position and realize that the opinion was completely wrong.
And the mystery – suffice it to say that it kept me involved the whole way along, kept me wanting to come back for more and left me ready to read the next book in the series. Oh, and wishing to get my hands on a bottle of Snow Mountain Vodka!
This is certainly not a romance as the title suggests but a twisty mystery with a list of characters – clever.
It tells the tails from multiple points of view, which allows for further insight into the characters – I always like that, and that they link properly.
It’s actually a fast read, despite the number of pages and is filled with puzzles and a good sense of place. I didn’t like all the characters yet they fit the plot well.
Overall, worth a look.
Meet Kat White … blonde, beautiful …and bad. Working as a croupier in a casino, she disappears with Twenty-Thousand Dollars belonging to gangster Shaun Halloran. Kat has also stolen Amy Satterwaite’s identity for a sham marriage.
With a gangster swearing to hunt Kat down with the intent of killing her, and with Amy looking to clear her name and saving Kat from a certain death, Kat finds herself on the run.
This is a well-written crime fiction with twists and turns and chills and thrills. Each chapter is written from the point of view of one of the characters. The characters are finely drawn and unforgettable. I kept looking for some redeeming quality in Kat … and just couldn’t find it. She’s the character you love to hate.
Throw in a little romance between Amy and the arrogant Ross, and a mention or two of a cancer cure, and it’s like riding a roller coaster.
Many thanks to the author / TBC Reviewer Request Group (FB) for the digital copy of this crime fiction. Opinions expressed here are unbiased and entirely my own.