Severed

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Simon Kernick is the UKs equivalent to Harlan Coben with his twisty tales of people in impossible situations, except his heroes are more likely to be ex-police, ex-military than Cobens everyman and can handle themselves like Lee Childs Jack Reacher.
In SEVERED we meet former soldier now BMW garage owner Tyler, divorced but with a new girlfriend, Leah. Everythings going well until he wakes up, with no memory of the last 24 hours, next to the decapitated body of his girlfriend in an unfamiliar room with a DVD lying around showing him killing Leah.
So begins "the worst day of his life". Tylers then told by a mysterious caller that if he delivers a briefcase to an address in London, all evidence of his murder, the weapon, the DVDs will disappear and hell never hear from the person again. Knowing he has no choice at the time, Tyler goes along with the scheme. Barely escaping with his life he has the opportunity to contact his best friend, a private investigator, who confusingly tells him that the previous day, Tyler had contacted him, saying there was something fishy about Leah.
However the evil mastermind has not finished with Tyler and Tyler has more to lose yet, before he can get to the bottom of the set-up.
SEVERED opens with a shocking scenario but its not until seventy pages or so in, when Tyler starts to take charge of his situation that I began to be hooked. This is perhaps a personal preference of me wanting my hero to win, rather than more and more bad things being piled on top of him. Nonetheless this is a thriller that will keep you turning the pages, with tense action scenes dotted around London. Tyler initially comes off as a likeable guy but you may find your perception of him has changed by the time you reach the stunning revelations at the end. Violent and gruesome at times, SEVERED is an entertaining way to spend a few hours.

Książka "Severed" - Simon Kernick - oprawa miękka - Wydawnictwo Corgi. Książka posiada 496 stron i została wydana w 2007 r.