The Shadow Friend

I really enjoyed the first 300 pages of this 357 page book, I probably would have given it 5 stars if it wasn't for the unnecessary milky tea ending which just felt tagged on, like an attempt to write the perfect ending but not managing it. Not a direct sequel to The Whisper Man but the events of that book are mentioned a couple of time and there are some really good bits, particularly “the Jenny twist”, I really loved that and top marks to the author for translating that on to the page. Decent 2nd novel from Alex North, can't wait to read what come next.