Book Review: Then She Ran by George Gallagher

Then She Ran by Charlie Gallagher
My rating: 4 of 5 stars


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RUN - That was what her Husband Joseph screamed at her as he lay dying in the shot out wreckage of their rental car.So Jenny Harris grabs their four month old daughter from the back seat and runs for her life. Confused and terrified,she has no idea what is going on,who is chasing her and why.

Meanwhile newly promoted Detective Inspector George Elms has been sent to investigate the fatal shooting of Janice Wingmore in her country kitchen after a confrontation with some violent thieves.

As George struggles to figure out the link between the two cases whilst dealing with his own personal issues,he knows that he must move fast.Jenny is in deadly danger and time is running out.

The opening chapter of this thriller is action packed,intense and gripping after which the story continues in chapters that alternate between George's investigations and Jenny's desperate attempts to out run her pursuers and stay alive. I really liked brave,feisty Jenny and was totally hooked in and rooting for her as she found herself in some seriously intense life threatening situations.The people who were chasing Jenny were sinister and cold hearted,they didn't care who got hurt during their mission to capture her.I didn't like George Elms character during this story.Yes I know personal issues can affect your behaviour but his whining,self pity and miss treatment of others especially Emily Ryker made him not very likeable at times. Being distracted by his personal issues also caused him to make serious mistakes during his investigations.Although I felt the conclusion of the murder at the farmhouse was very sad,I felt that parts of this story line dragged at times and I did figure out quite early in the book who had shot and killed Janice Wingmore although I was wrong about the how and why.

So in the end I was left with mixed feelings about this book.Jenny`s chapters are definitely action packed,intense and gripping and I did enjoy this book enough to finish it.I just didn't enjoy this one as much as I enjoyed Missing. Hopefully by the next book George will have sorted his head out and be a bit more competent and sympathetic.

                                                          BIOGRAPHY

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 Langhorne. 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

Standalone books:
Missing (George Elms 5)
Ruthless
Then She Ran (George Elms 6)

(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.)

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PUBLISHER : Joffe Books

GENRE : Crime,mystery & Thriller

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