Once again, we are getting information about Tom and Will as the story unfolds and initially the reader only sees Tom’s brief mentioning of Will. One of the policemen at the crime scene is familiar to Tom and it is briefly hinted that that policeman worked with Tom’s ex, DI Will Foster. Tom is in shock because he knows he did not harass Catriona, but the accusations are not going away. Things quickly go from bad to worse for Tom because on social media some of Catriona’s friends accuse Tom of ugly harassment of Catriona, which most definitely could have been a contributing factor to her suicide. Tom is wracked with guilt because he wonders whether it is possible that Catriona (Nick’s wife) killed herself because she was so in love with Nick, and Tom could have indirectly driven her to suicide. Very soon, the reader learns that Tom and Nick were sleeping together and that recently Nick left his wife to be with Tom. The writer drops the reader right in the middle of the very tense, very horrible things happening, and I loved that we were getting information as the story unfolded instead of all the pertinent info being dumped on us at the very beginning. The book opens with Nick, owner of the modeling agency where Tom works, calling Tom and asking him to come to the house where the owner’s wife committed suicide. The blurb gives you the main idea without giving up anything however, in order to write a review, I have to at least describe a little more detail about the set up. It is set in the universe of “Bitter Legacy,” and Jamie and Ben (main characters from “Bitter Legacy”) make a cameo appearance. I thought this book was exceptionally well-written. Overall I really enjoyed it, although I had a small issue with characterization, which I will discuss at the end of the review. I loved your first book “Bitter Legacy” and I was looking forward to reading your next one. If he wants to survive, Tom must prove his innocence to Will–and to the world.ĭisclosure: while I preordered the book I could not resist the temptation of the ARC and read it prior to the publication date. But Tom brutally burned all bridges between them two years before, and Will paid a bitter price. Will Foster is the only man Tom trusts to help. And as old secrets come to light, Tom finds his adversary always one step ahead. But when Tom comes under suspicion in the gory death of his employer, his world spirals into chaos. Self-contained, elusive and always in control, he’s accustomed to living life entirely on his own terms. Tom Gray is one of the world’s top models–an effortless object of desire.
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