The situations and incidents seemed, at least for the first half of the book, a bit unrealistic, and though I do not expect realism in all my novels, it had me asking “really?” How could that be, could Heiro be acting on his notes, making a fiction into non-fiction? Is he that depraved.įurther and further down the rabbit hole of the story of Heironymous Beck does Jack travel, the thriller keeping you wondering what next?Īlthough a good story in total I did not find it drawing me in as much as I had hoped. Little did Jack expect that he would become the story of Heiro’s delight.Īfter finding notes of the to be novel, Jack wakes to find that some of the notes have become truth.
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Jack thought he had a bond with would be author Heiro, they talk frequently about literature and how to write the novel that works. A thriller of authors, murder, travel, depression and challenge. You can read their comments below, or add your own review. It’s well written, and well suited to the sort of evening when you have a couple of hours to curl up with a good book.Ī selection of our Beauty and Lace Club Members are reading Blood & Ink by Brett Adams. It’s different in flavour to many other crime novels, while still planting itself firmly in the genre. However, it might also appeal to readers who like to have their expectations confounded, or to those who look primarily for strong characters.
This is primarily a novel for crime readers. Not just Jack’s reactions to events, but our growing frustration with and for him as events seem to spiral out of his control, and our immersion in his emotions. This is where much of the emotion of the novel comes from. He’s a very familiar character – most readers will feel that they know him. I really appreciated that it was best suited to longer stretches of reading – this feels a little unusual and I liked the way it made “Blood & Ink” stand out for me.Ī substantial part of the novel is told from Jack’s point of view. It’s not exactly unputdownable, but it’s certainly a novel that holds your attention for extended periods. But once I found that time, I became absorbed in the narrative. Indeed, I found that I couldn’t read it in short, snatched bursts – I had to leave it until I could spend a decent amount of time with the novel. It does take a little time to sink into the world of the novel. It’s very effective, often letting you think you’ve worked it out before it shoves you off balance again. This is a really good mix of familiar tropes, moments of “aaargh, I saw that coming, why didn’t he?”, and surprising twists and turns. And I also bet that you’ll change your mind about that half a dozen times before the end. I’ll bet you decide early on that you know what’s going on and who’s doing what. Suffice to say that quite a complex web is woven. It’s hard to say more about this novel without including spoilers. And in either case, what’s Jack going to do about it?
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Soon Jack finds himself asking whether Hiero is plotting a novel, or plotting a series of murders.
But then, before he can return the notes to Hiero, an attack takes place: one eerily similar to the first crime depicted in Hiero’s notes. Jack glances through them, thinks Hiero has a lot of work to do, and thinks nothing more of it. One night, Hiero accidentally leaves behind a copy of the notes for his proposed crime novel. He spends hours with Jack, debating literature and – as Jack sees it – lapping up Jack’s wisdom and experience. Hiero, as Jack calls him, begged to be allowed to sit in on Jack’s classes. His health is precarious, and so are his finances.ĭespite this, or maybe partly because of it, Jack enjoys showing off for exchange student Hieronymus Beck. He’s somehow let most of his friends slip away. His ex-wife and daughter have relocated to the USA. While he’s reasonably successful professionally, his personal life is nothing to boast about. Jack Griffen is a professor of literature in Perth. The result is a genuinely tricky novel, likely to have readers going backwards and forwards as they try to decide what’s really going on. Blood & Ink by Brett Adams melds a pretty classic murder mystery plot with an unusual slant on the perpetrator.
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