Its my turn on the blog tour for this page turner of a thriller.
Detangling the plot:
Everyone says Graham Catton was the perfect husband, professor and father. Why would someone murder him? His wife, Hannah Catton, tells the police she remembers nothing from the night of the murder. Why would she lie to them? Evidence against the accused, Mike Philips, is minimal and he protests his innocence throughout the trial. Why would they convict him? Journalist Anna Byers has overturned numerous prison sentences with her popular podcast CONVICTION and she believes the wrong man is behind bars. What will she do to help him? Someone knows more about the murder than they’re telling. It may have been Hannah’s husband who was killed, but listeners are about to become judge, jury and executioner on this season of CONVICTION.
Bobs and Books honest review: This book hooks you in from the very beginning, and makes you want to race towards the finish line, only to make you want to start the race all over again once you get there, even though you are happily exhausted. Hannah Catton is a wonderfully unreliable narrator, and my thoughts changed on her multiple times. One minute I felt she was guilty as (not) charged, the next I felt sorry for her. Then as she is a psychologist, I pondered if she was playing mind games? Evie her daughter, and Dan her partner seem reliable, stable, warm and friendly yet Hannah is secretive, cold and wrapped in her own world.
The style of novel kept me interested too. A bit of time hopping but in a suspenseful and intriguing way and the book is split into parts based on the podcast's episodes. I'm seeing podcasts done more in books lately and I like it. This book doesn't transcript the podcast but reveals sections of dialogue; its the character's responses that are most important and how they handle (or not) each episode.
In true thriller style, the plot twists do not disappoint.
About the author:
Katie is a graduate of the University of Birmingham with a BA(Hons) in English and an MPhil in Literature and Modernity, and in 2012 started her blog, Fat Girl PhD - writing about body image, feminism and health. Her writing has appeared in the Guardian, the Independent, and the BBC, as well as a number of media outlets in the US, Canada and Australia. Katie is currently working on a PhD in Female Rage in Literary Modernism and the #MeToo Era.
The Murder of Graham Catton is out now to buy:
Sounds intriguing - and who doesn't love an unreliable narrator? I think they must be so hard to write realistically, so kudos to Katie for pulling it off! One for the TBR pile, most definitely!