Blurb:

FORGET WHAT YOU THINK YOU KNOW
THIS IS NOT THAT CRIME NOVEL

You know Penny Coyne. The little old lady who has solved multiple murders in her otherwise sleepy village, despite bumbling local police. A razor-sharp mind in a twinset and tweed.

You know Johnny Hawke. Hard-bitten LAPD homicide detective. Always in trouble with his captain, always losing partners, but always battling for the truth, whatever it takes.

Against all the odds, against the usual story, their worlds are about to collide. It starts with a dead writer and a mysterious wedding invitation. It will end with a rabbit hole that goes so deep, Johnny and Penny might come to question not just whodunnit, but whether they want to know the answer.

A cross-genre hybrid of Agatha Christie and Michael Connelly, The Cracked Mirror is the most imaginative and entertaining crime novel of the year, a genre-splicing rollercoaster with a poignantly emotional heart.

Review:

Wow! What have I just read? The Cracked Mirror is a ridiculously intelligent and brilliantly written novel with one of the most original plots I have ever read.I have no idea how to review it without giving away spoilers. I was completely immersed in the story from start to finish and I loved reading as everything unravelled.

The protagonists of The Cracked Mirror are Johnny Hawke and Penny Coyne. At the beginning of the novel, their stories are separate and it was clear that at some point they would coincide. I was intrigued as to how and when this would be, and when they did meet, I felt they worked really well as a partnership. I was rooting for them the whole way through and I wanted them to find the answers to all the questions.

I’ve already mentioned that The Cracked Mirror is incredibly intelligent and a huge part of this is the plotting. It is brilliantly constructed and I saw absolutely none of it coming! 

I can’t wait to see what Chris Brookmyre does next!

The Cracked Mirror is available from Amazon.