Resolute Reviews -- by Sarah Nicholson
Last month I wrote about the Resolute Books collaboration and our fabulous book launch on a very sunny Saturday in May. I have finally finished the first two books published under the Resolute banner and what cracking reads they both are. Local Killer is the fourth in the “Local…” series by Paul Trembling, each one is a stand alone novel with recurring characters but no central protagonist. The main character in Local Killer is CSI Alison Kepple and it is apparent early on that she has some anxiety issues. When she is admitted to hospital, after being a close witness to a fatal bomb blast, she finds it difficult being touched and the thought of staying overnight in a strange place gives her nightmares. She constantly reassures herself by checking she is OK. Each chapter starts with one of Alison’s checklists or some fact pertaining to her job as a Crime Scene Investigator, grounding us into her world. This doesn’t make her an unreliable narrator, far from it, she is very...