‘Where There’s Doubt’ by Terry Tyler

My Review (4 stars out of 5)

Café owner Kate doesn’t want much out of life. Aside from a tiring but successful business, a little dating site flirtation would be nice. Making an online connection with the apparently charming Nico, she agrees to meet, and despite warnings from friends, soon finds herself falling for him. But Nico has his own agenda, and Kate isn’t the only fish dangling on his greedy hook…

This is the first book I’ve read by this author. On the face of it, Ms Tyler has created a clever plot with a range of intriguing characters. Each one has a different ‘voice’ adding a convincing tone to their individual stories that helps to draw in the reader. However, while most of the book is written in first person – switching between each of the main characters—some of it is written in third person. Switching from first to third person like this is a technique that never makes any sense to me. Unfortunately, it also takes the reader out of the story, which I’m sure wasn’t the author’s intention. Anyway, aside from my whinges, it’s a cunning tale with plenty of twisty turny bits to keep the tension simmering away.

An interesting tale that should have been better.

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