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Day: February 11, 2020
Book-Review-If-Fear-Wins
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If Fear Wins
(DI Bliss, #3)
by
Tony J. Forder
I never thought that I would become a series reader; however, here I am commencing a review about If Fear Wins the third book in the DI (Jimmy) Bliss series. According to Google there are now 5 Jimmy Bliss books in the series.
Again we see Bliss and Chandler chasing leads in a murder. This time a young Royal Air Force Officer appears to have been executed by terrorists. After team Bliss runs into more dead ends than they care for a chance conversation with a suspect’s wife sees them headed in a totally new direction and eventually a successful conclusion to the case.
A five star contemporary plot which, occasionally seems to get bogged down supplying back ground information, which was detailed in books 1 & 2. Tony Forder is not the only author I have come across who does this. It’s just that I find it tiresome (re-reading details) I read a week or so ago in another book.
If Fear Wins catapults Tony Forder into the good mystery writer category. My first Tony Forder read, Degrees of Darkness, is a five star read and his best so far. From a plot stand point If Fear Wins is nearly as good and is definitely better than Bliss I & 2.
If Goodreads would accept half a star, I would rate If Fear Wins as a 4.5 star read. However Goodreads doesn’t…so I can’t. Therefore, due to excessive background information and what seemed to be a long ending, If Fear Wins, will have to be happy with a four star rating.
I rated
If Fear Wins
as a
four star read.
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At the time of writing my review
other Goodreads readers had awarded
If Fear Wins
an average of 4.63 stars,
from 293 ratings and 49 reviews.
If Fear Wins
can be purchased online at
Booktopia, Fishpond and Amazon
FOWChallenge-Bait
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bait
food placed on a hook or in a net, trap, or fishing area
to entice fish or other animals as prey.
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I have posted this image
many times, however, this is the topic
it should be posted under…
…simply because Maggie is being baited
with a sizeable chunk of bread and butter
as well as her worm tablets crush up
and hidden among all of the above.
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Fandango’s One Word Challenge: Bait
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Word-of-Day-Challenge-Lovely
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lovely
very beautiful or attractive
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In their world this face
may be described as lovely…
…however, not so in my world.
Most people think this is a lovely view.
In 1976 I thought this was a magnificent view
as I reached the top of Ayres Rock
(now known as Uluru).
Now that visitors can
no longer climb the Rock,
these images will only be
found on postcards, I suspect.
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Word of the Day Challenge: Lovely
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