J. S. Law

I did really enjoy Tenacity, it has all of the ingredients for an edge of your seat thriller, but I'm not familiar with job roles on a submarine so I found I got slightly bogged down with terms such as 'Coxswain' and 'Chief Stoker' and which character they actually related to. For this reason, and this alone, I gave Tenacity 4 stars rather than 5.

Danielle (Dan) is a woman in a man's world. She has been sent on board HMS Tenacity to investigate an apparent suicide of one of the crew. Walker has apparently committed suicide after being informed of his wife's murder and Dan is tasked with finding out if there's more to it than meets the eye. Of course there is more to it, ensuring that the pages turn faster than you can say 'up periscope'.

I felt quite claustrophobic when Dan was on Tenacity, there simultaneously seems like nowhere to hide yet sometimes feeling all alone. The crew were unsurprisingly suspicious of her and all were ready to stick a metaphorical knife in her back, leaving me wondering if there was anybody she could trust. The captain, known as the Old Man, had no intention of helping Dan with her investigation and saw her as a nuisance on his ship.

Tenacity really is a page turner and I look forward to reading more about Danielle Lewis. I struggled a little bit with matching characters' forenames to their jobs so I wasn't always sure who I was reading about when names like 'Chief Stoker' were mentioned, however, the story was fast paced enough to overlook this minor gripe. Tenacity is an amazing debut from J.S. Law with a spunky heroine from whom I'm sure we'll be hearing lots more.

I received this book from the publisher, Headline, via Bookbridgr in exchange for an honest review.… (plus d'informations)

This is the second book in a series of thrillers featuring Lieutenant Danielle Lewis of the Royal Navy Kill Team. It picks up a few months after the events in the first book, "Tenacity". In this book Dani (who was called Dan in "Tenacity") and her colleague John Granger are investigating the disappearance of an 18 year old female sailor from the warship HMS Defiance. In addition, Dani is still obsessing over the unsolved puzzles of the conspiracy revealed in the prior book.

I didn't like this book as much as I liked the first one. This book really piles on the crimes. There are multiple serial rapists/murderers who may or may not be linked to each other and/or to a military-based drug ring. It all got a little muddled (not to mention pervy). In addition to murder, rape and drugs there was sexual harassment, torture, mutilation, voyeurism, sex between crew members and jealousy. I can't see the Royal Navy liking the way the Defiance was portrayed. Almost nothing is resolved at the end of this book so I expect that I will continue with the series since I like Dani and the quick pace of the books and I'd also like to get a few answers. I just hope that the next book edits out some of the characters and crimes.

I won a free copy of an ARC of this book in a giveaway, however the book never arrived so I listened to the audiobook borrowed from the library.… (plus d'informations)