AJ (Andy) Hill is a former Customs and Police Officer, his debut novel (DEAD DRIFT) in the Jack Lunn crime mystery series set in Hampshire’s New Forest, where he lived for thirty years. BLOODY BUTCHER is the follow up. An avid reader across the crime genre, reviewer for Shotsmag and regular at crime writing festivals, he now lives in West Sussex and works in property.
Let me start with a question for you. If it was a life-or-death situation, would you kill to save your child? As a father myself, there’s little doubt in my mind. I would do anything to keep my children, and now grandchildren, safe.
So, let’s take it one stage further. If you woke one night to find your teenager with their hands wet with blood, frantically scrubbing evidence off the kitchen floor and promising that it was an accident, what would you do?
This is the scenario that Joseph Carver’s son Max presents to him, and Joseph does the only thing he feels he can protect his child. He helps Max bury the body, hoping that it will be enough to end the nightmare. Until he finds a bloodied Max for the second time.
Sam Lloyd asks us to ponder, ‘Would you really do anything for your child, even cover up a murder? Then how many times would you be prepared to do it and what lengths would you go to for them?’
A fast-moving, twisty and twisted tale, the author brings us a well-crafted story with the right degree of believability that many mothers and fathers may well find themselves donning Joseph’s shoes and questioning how far does a parent’s love stretch.
A thoroughly enjoyable and thought provoking read. Now, I must pop out to B&Q for a spade, good quality rope and some sturdy plastic sheeting.
