Today I’m reviewing Severed by Simon Kernick.

Here’s the blurb.

ONE NIGHT STAND. ONE DEAD GIRL.

You wake up in a strange room on a bed covered in blood.

You have no idea how you got there.

Beside you is a dead girl. Your girlfriend.

The phone rings, and a voice tells you to press play on the room’s DVD machine.

The film shows you killing your girlfriend. Then you’re told to go to an address in East London where you’re to deliver a briefcase and await further instructions.

There’s no way out.

If you’re to survive the next 24 hours, you must find out who killed your girlfriend, and why. Before they come for you too…

Review

Tyler awakes to a gruesome sight.. he’s no memory of what happened but things quickly escalate when a DVD shows Tyler committing murder.. he’s murdered his girlfriend no less.

He’s left with no choice but to do as commanded if he wants the video and the body to disappear..

Tyler needs time to figure out what is going on… he couldn’t have done what the video suggested… but he saw it with his own eyes!!

Someone videoed the murder and they hold all the cards..with no recourse coming to mind he sets out to do as commanded.. pick up a briefcase.

Things quick get out of hand as the first piece in the puzzle is brought into play… and it’s a blast from the past..

More bodies son hit the floor and Tyler knows there’s only one man he can trust.. an old friend.. but does he really want to put him in danger…and does he really have a choice?

What plays out is a complex mind game as Tyler battles to say alive whilst also calculating all the different equations going on in his head.. somethings not right here.. does he know who’s behind this? Why him after all?

The plot involves a lot of action and intrigue..the twists and turns… like Tyler the reader is left in a haze trying to figure out just why he’s ended up where he is.. but one things for sure.. Tyler won’t go down without a fight.

A solid 4*, easy to read and get engrossed in.. like Tyler I couldn’t stop until I knew who was behind things.. and why.

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