Today I’m taking part in the blog tour for Under The Blazing Sun. My review is written with thanks to Anne Cater for inviting me on the blog tour and to Orenda Books for my copy of the book.

Blurb:

Hannah is miserable. Her love life is in ruins, her contract demands a sequel to her bestselling crime debut – and she’s out of ideas. After a mortifying TV interview, her agent ships her off to a sun-drenched Sicilian villa with a simple order: finish the book. No distractions. No excuses.

But inspiration doesn’t strike – murder does.

When a night out ends in murder, Hannah finds herself at the centre of a murder investigation … again. The police want her out of the way, and the only person who seems to believe her is a young but charming Italian police officer. That is, until she doesn’t.

Soon Hannah is chasing suspects, fleeing crime scenes, and doing whatever it takes to avoid becoming the next victim. She came to write a crime novel. Now she’s trapped inside one.

Dark, sly and deliciously atmospheric, Under the Blazing Sun is the second novel in the award-winning series featuring accidental sleuth and disgruntled literary author Hannah, whose pursuit of plot twists keeps turning dangerously real.

Review:

I really enjoyed Thirty Days Of Darkness when I read it last year, so I was really pleased that Hannah was back! She’s feisty, stubborn and a little obnoxious, but although this probably doesn’t reflect very well on me, I related to her quite well and wanted her to succeed. In Under The Blazing Sun, Jenny Lund Madsen delves deeper into her personal life and I enjoyed seeing a more vulnerable side to her that gave the novel a more emotional edge. 

Jenny Lund Madsen’s writing style is easy to read, and full credit must be given to the translator, who ensures that the author’s style is brilliantly transferred to the page. The fast paced writing and dramatic endings to nearly every chapter meant that I was desperate to find out more about the murders in which Hannah found herself involved. 

Under The Blazing Sun is wonderfully plotted, and I loved following all the twists and turns in the story as it cleverly came together. As it reaches its conclusion, the tension and sense of danger increases and I really wanted to know if everyone would be safe and if the perpetrator would be caught. 

I hope that, unlike Hannah, Jenny Lund Madsen enjoys writing crime and realises how talented she is, as I can’t wait to catch up with Hannah as the series continues, and the ending of the novel is perfectly set up to do so. 

Under The Blazing Sun is available from Amazon.

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