Road Kill (Underground) (udgave 2017)

Road Kill – A Proper Killing Spree

Hanna Jameson is proving why she is the queen of urban noir with every new book and her influences come from the likes of Quentin Tarantino. Quite simply if Tarantino wrote books this would be the book that he would write, this is a really twisted thriller from a twisted mind. I love this twisted mind and long may she continue.

The story centres around Eli and Ronnie who are a pair of hard men on a mission across the United States, and cover the entire country in 40 hours. They are looking for Trent, a guy who seems to have disappeared but nobody is sure where, but they have a mounting body count as they continue their search,

Back in London, Daisy is recovering from being shot in a robbery while working at Ronnie’s nightclub, as Noel and Nic seem to be avoiding any type of work while Ronnie is away. Daisy is trying to support Noel the best she can, as she hunts for her shooter while trying to keep her mind straight and keep the club open. But everything seems to be turning to rubbish around her and she has a sense of foreboding that things are not what they seem, especially when Ronnie gets back.

In the wake of the violent killings that Eli and Ronnie leave all over the USA, Ronnie at the same time seems to be losing his mind. He is clashing with his powerful father who also wants him to take his jailbird brother back to London with him, once he has finished his road trip. Something has got to give, and Ronnie knows it will not be him, but what he will do, he will just go with the flow. One thing that does come through Eli and Ronnie are mirrors of each other, sad, mad and very dangerous to know.

Hanna Jameson is a major talent who is getting better with every book, she has a seriously twisted mind to come up with the sort of plots Tarantino would be proud of. She is not in to some sort of dainty crime thriller, she likes to see the bodies drop, her villains are horrible people and there are no heroes around. She does not dress the killing up as fun, but as downright evil. You may not warm to both leading characters, but Ronnie and Eli are the sort of villains most men wish they could be if they did not have a care in the world.

Road Kill is a seriously brilliant urban noir thriller that has you gripped from beginning to end and Hanna Jameson is a thriller writer who the world will soon know more about. ( )