Name: Safe House
ISBN: 9781250012562

Chris Ewan

Waking up in a hospital after a motorcycle crash, Rob Hale becomes obsessed with discerning the fate of a blonde woman on the back of his bike who the doctors and police claim he has imagined, a situation that compels a partnership with a London-based private investigator mysteriously linked to Rob's late sister. 30,000 first printing.

A Thriller

Safe House

Sian Wadey

Safe House was available on Kindle, for little to no cost so it was a book I picked on a bit of a whim. 
We meet plumber, Rob, who is called to a remote house to fix the boiler. Things seem a little 'off' when he arrives but he soon befriends the blonde girl who is currently living there and agrees to take her out on his motorcycle. That's when things go from bad to worse. The motorcycle crashes and the girl vanishes. In fact, the police are claiming she never existed. Rob decides to take matters into his own hands.
It's refreshing to read a mystery-thriller that isn't lead by a police officer, or a member of the government etc. It being set on the Isle of Man also gives it a close-knit style and that feeling that everyone knows everyone else.
As well as following Rob and private investigator Rebecca as they attempt to track down the girl, we follow the girl and the events that take place surrounding her and her reason for being at the house in the first place.
In this book I liked the clue solving element, cracking passwords, working out where a bag is stashed or where things are hidden. However, this book did take me nearly a month to read. I'm not sure whether that's because it's on the Kindle (books always seem to take longer on there), or whether it was because the story dragged, but overall, I may venture into the world of Chris Ewan again.

When There's Nowhere Left to Hide . . . When Rob Hale wakes up in hospital after a motorcycle crash he is told that Lena, the woman he claims was travelling with him, doesn't exist. The woman he describes bears a striking resemblance to his recently deceased sister, Laura, but has he really only imagined her? Rob sets out to find the answers to who Lena is and where she has gone. He is aided by Rebecca Lewis, a London-based PI, who has come to the Isle of Man at the behest of his parents to investigate his sister's suicide. But who is Rebecca really and how did she know his sister? Together Rob and Rebecca follow the clues to discover who took Lena. In doing so they discover that even on an island where most people know each other, everyone hides a secret, and that sometimes your best option isn't to hide but to stay and fight.

Jessica Smith

This has been marketed as a thriller, but it really lacks the compelling, page-turning quality that "thriller" implies. It has, however, also been marketed as a mystery, which I think is the accurate label. 

It's an alright book. There's nothing particularly wrong with it, but I have to admit I probably wouldn't have bought it if it hadn't been cheap in the Kindle Store!

Safe House A Thriller

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