The Killing Pit by Wes MarkinMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
A very tall guy who doesn't like driving, arrives at an American town where bad things are going on. He helps to solve it while people try to kill him. Oh and he's an ex cop. Sound familiar? I bet you think you know exactly who I'm talking about. But that is where the similarities to the infamous man without a middle name end.
When I started the book I immediately thought that it was going to be another of the Jack Reacher formula knock offs. I was wrong. The protagonist has a far gentler character and is not at all so calculating. If he gets into a fight, he's more likely to get hurt than to hurt others.
Be prepared for a lot of gruesome stuff to go on. It contains life at its most unpleasant, but I guess these things do happen, so they're better in the book than not.
I understand that there is back story in a previous series (The DCI Michael Yorke series), so I may well go back and have a read of those. This book stands well enough on its own, although I'm sure you'll want to know what happens in the next instalment.
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