Today I’m joining the blog tour for Eye For An Eye . My review is written with thanks to Tracy Fenton for inviting me on the tour and to the publisher for my copy of the book.

Blurb:

OUR MOST NOTORIOUS CRIMINALS HAVE HIDDEN IN PLAIN SIGHT.
UNTIL NOW…

‘Emily’ is a devoted single mother.
‘Jack’ starts a new job in a new town.
‘Russell’ may be falling in love.

They all share the same secret:
none of them are who they say they are.

They are among only nine criminals in the UK who have been granted lifelong anonymity, for their own safety, because of their terrible crimes.

But what if someone exposed their true identities to the families of their victims, who are desperate for revenge?

Probation officer Olivia Campbell is caught in the crossfire of this unprecedented crisis – and as the hunt for the mole behind it all intensifies, so too does the search for the vigilante killers let loose by the leaks…

Everyone is a suspect. Anyone could be a killer.
Who deserves justice? And who gets to decide?

Review:

In Eye For An Eye, we step away from Helen Grace and join a completely new group of characters for a fascinating and incredibly well plotted story. It is clear from the blurb that this novel poses a moral dilemma for the reader and I loved that I was given so much to think about in such a gripping story. 

MJ Arlidge introduces us to quite a lot of characters in the first few chapters, so it took me some time to get my head around who was who, but once I did, I became really interested in their lives and their background stories. I love the way the author develops these stories throughout the novel and I really wanted to know more about the characters and what they had done and why. I also enjoyed meeting the probation team, getting a glimpse into the work they did as well as their personal lives, which were almost as complicated as those of their clients! 

It’s clear from the outset that the crimes these characters have committed are some of the worst possible crimes, and MJ Arlidge does not hold back on detail so Eye For An Eye may not be for the faint hearted, but the vividness of the violence really brought the book to life for me, emphasising both the horrific nature of the original crimes and the strength of the revenge. 

Eye For An Eye is a novel which hooked me from the beginning, and with short chapters and so many layers to the story, the pace is relentless and I couldn’t stop thinking about the book even when I wasn’t reading. As the novel reaches the ending, the tension is palpable and I was desperate to see what would happen. There were a few surprises to keep me on my toes too.

Eye For An Eye is available from Amazon.

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