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BLOG BLITZ: Book Review - Thicker Than Water by Rachel McLean



Thicker Than Water is a scarily realistic dystopian thriller set in a future where the UK has been decimated by a devastating flood. It is six years after the floods and Jess Dyer,her brother Ben and his wife Ruth have found safety in a village on the wild north Yorkshire coast. The community has its own council,laws,everything has to be rationed,there is the usual tensions and disagreements that you find in any community but despite all the hardships,they are getting through each day,the best that they can. But Jess's decision to answer a SOS at sea and bring three strangers into the community has devastating consequences. Four women including Ruth are kidnapped and Jess finds herself having to calm the community,mount a rescue mission and keep her brother from tipping into insanity.

Why have the women been taken? Can Jess find them before it is too late?

The story is narrated from the perspectives of a number of vivid characters including Jess,Ruth and creepy,sinister Robert and told in short,snappy chapters that give the reader a very bad case of just one more chapter syndrome. All the characters were well rounded and realistic,I loved gutsy,feisty Ruth and couldn't help rooting for her during her encounters with sinister Robert. I also liked Jess but I can't say I was very impressed with her brother Ben. The descriptive elements of the story were breath taking and as I read the story it wasn't difficult to visualise the devastation and destruction that the flood had caused.

This is a gripping,fast paced story of obsession revenge and belonging that had me hooked in from the first page. I haven't read the previous book that goes into more detail about the flood but that didn't spoil my enjoyment of Thicker Than Water which works well as a stand alone. I really enjoyed this book and will definitely be reading The Flood to find out how it all started and look forward to finding out what is going to happen next in Sea Of Lies.

                                                          ABOUT THE AUTHOR


My name's Rachel McLean and I write thrillers that make you think. 

What does that mean? 

In short, I want my stories to make your pulse race and your brain tick. 

Do you often get through a thriller at breakneck pace but are left with little sense of what the book was really about? Do you sometimes read literary fiction but just wish something would damn well happen? 

My books aim to fill that gap.

 If you'd like to know more about my books and receive extra bonus content, please join my book club at rachelmclean.com/bookclub. I'll send you a weekly email with news about my writing research and progress, stories and bonus content for each book. And I'll let you know when my books are on offer.

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PUBLICATION DATE: 8th May 2018
PRINT LENGTH: 372 pages
PUBLISHER: Catawampus Press
GENRE: Psychological Thriller





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