Blog Tour Review: Her Last Breath by Charlie Gallagher

Her Last Breath by Charlie Gallagher
My rating: 5 of 5 stars



Detective Inspector George Elms knew that he should have said no,he should have said that he was busy,that he had paperwork to do,that he was taking his daughter to the park or the zoo.He should have just put his foot down and refused to go but Major John Whittaker made it sound like a simple task.Just go to the prison,get serial killer Henry Roberts to sign a piece of paper and then leave,job done,end of story.But George should have known that nothing involving John Whittaker ever goes as planned. Henry Roberts decides that George is going to be the first police officer that he is going to communicate with since his arrest more than three years ago.George swiftly finds himself over two hundred miles from home,caught up in a complex,frustrating case involving missing girls,torture devices and a evil puppet master who seems to be able to control George's every more as easily as a puppeteer controls a puppet on a string.

Yay,George is back,doing what George does best,sticking his size tens in where they are not wanted and generally rubbing people up the wrong way.This time he finds himself staying in a rental cottage in the small English village of Symonds Yat on the Welsh border.A gorgeous,tranquil sounding place that lay among steep,dramatic hills and had the river Wye running through the middle.It also happened to be the village where Henry Roberts grew up and the home of one of the latest missing girls.George unsurprisingly soon finds himself butting heads with DI Emma Rowe who was in charge of the original investigation into Henry Roberts crimes.Emma isn't interested in George's theories that the latest missing girl is all part of a bigger plan.Emma got on my nerves and I could easily understand George's feelings of frustration and anger over her attitude and stubbornness.Fortunately George could always rely on Emily Ryker`s help with the investigation as well her usual sarcasm and witty comments.Unfortunately we found out quite early in the story who had abducted the girls and there was chapters voiced by this person interspersed throughout the story as well as a few chapters voiced by the missing girl from Symonds Yat.The person who has abducted the girls is a twisted,evil psychopath but why have they been abducted and will George be able to find them before time runs out?


In stark contrast to the stunning settings where some of the scenes are set,the descriptions of the crimes that Henry Roberts was convicted for are dark,disturbing and spine chilling.This is a gripping,well written thriller that holds the readers attention throughout and has a surprising,twist ending.Sadly this is the last George Elms thriller. Goodbye George,I'm going to miss you.

                                                                 AUTHOR BIO

I have been a serving UK police officer for ten years. During that time I have had many roles, starting as a frontline response officer, then a member of a specialist tactical team and I am currently a detective investigating the more serious offences.

My books are a series of thrillers and, rather unsurprisingly, policing is central to the stories.

The central themes are greed, ambition, corruption and addiction. Characters from both sides of the law will fall foul to their respective temptations.

I am inspired by what I do and see in my day-job as a police detective, though my books are entirely fictional. I am aware that the police officers in my books are not always show positively. They are human and they make mistakes. This can be the case in real life too, but the vast majority of officers are honest and do a job in trying circumstances. From what I see on a daily basis, the men and women who wear the uniform and among the very finest, and I am proud to be part of one of the best police forces in the world.

The books are set in the fictional town of Langthorne. This is typical of many smaller seaside towns dotted around the UK's coastline. Once a thriving tourist destination, where the affluent built grand seafront houses, it has suffered a hard fall from grace. Unemployment has blighted the area and so has crime. Drugs are a big scene. Most UK seaside towns have a problem with them. The Epping Hill estate (known by the locals as Effingell) was constructed in the 80s in response to a sudden demand for social housing and now it's onto the third generation. Thirty years of crime, violence and desperation have become part of the very fabric of the estate.

The books of the Langthorne Series:

Book 1 - Bodily Harm
Book 2 - Panic Button
Book 3 - Blood Money
Book 4 - End Game

The box set containing books 1-3 is currently available at just 3.99p (as a digital download).

Standalone books:
Missing (George Elms 5)
Ruthless
Then She Ran (George Elms 6)
Her Last Breath (George Elms 7)

(The first three novels of the Langthorne series were previously available as

(1) 'A Glorious Sadness,
(2) 'No Miracles and
(3) 'Watch Me Burn'.
They have been completely revised for publication by Joffe Books.

LINKS

Website: https://www.writercharliegallagher.com
Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/writercharliegallagher
Twitter: @gloriouscharlie


PUBLICATION DATE : 20th July 2018

PUBLISHER : Joffe Books

GENRE : Police Procedural,Crime,thriller and mystery

PURCHASE HERE ....

https://www.amazon.co.uk/BREATH-absolutely-gripping-thriller-massive/dp/178931027X/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1533077719&sr=1-3&keywords=her+last+breath