I am delighted to be one of the Book Bloggers opening the the Blog Tour today and to share my review for Comatose by Jane Badrock. This is a police procedural and it was a very addictive and well plotted one.

My huge thanks to Zoe at Zooloo Books Tours for my spot on the Blog tour and for arranging my e-copy of the book.

COMATOSE…and her nightmare is just beginning.

Two car crashes, one location, one survivor.

Newly promoted DS Karen Thorpe is determined to prove these are no accidents. But the only witness is in a coma.

Now there’s a rapist on the loose.

Karen’s in the fight of her life… and her boss isn’t on her side.

My Review…

I do like a good twisted police procedural and Comatose is just that. The synopsis gives very little away and therefore my review is going to be quite vague!

A crash is just the start of things for newly appointed DS Karen Thorpe, what looks like a road traffic accident maybe something more, at least this is what Thorpe thinks. When she hints at the accident maybe something else, she finds herself limited, hitting brick walls that have no right being there. She is kept out of something but doesn’t know why.

One of the victims survives and is left in a coma, Thorpe wants to get to the bottom of the case but it is nigh on impossible when your only witness is unresponsive. This is a case that will involve a lot of head-scratching, legwork and a certain amount of gut instinct.

Thorpe is not the most likeable character I have come across in a police procedural, but boy is she tenacious. She works ridiculously long hours, often taking work home and never letting up. She works hard and therefore so should everyone else. She is abrupt, snappy and demanding. She is also very good at her job.

During the course of this story, the author does explore Thorpe’s character and adds some useful personal details, it gives a slight idea as to her nature. To be honest, the way the author has approached this character makes sense, as someone who isn’t as committed would not get anywhere near discovering the truth of what turns out to be a complex case.

There are quite a few characters in this novel and I did find myself wrong-footed with them occasionally, but as I got to know them and their roles they became more cemented in my memory. A complex case does require a certain amount of characters and especially one that has some interesting sub-plots as well.

I really enjoyed this book and I did like the full-on intense investigation. police procedural with a strong mystery to it and one that I found very difficult to put down. It is one I would recommend.

About the Author…

Jane writes novels, short stories and poems, usually with a good dose of humour in them. She’s probably owes it all to her late grandmother who, she’s just found out, also wrote short stories and poems. She tends to get an idea and then run with it whether it be a 100 word short story or an 80 thousand word novel. It all depends on the voices in her head at the time…

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