Clean Break – Val McDermid

 

Years ago I read most of Val McDermid's books (well all the ones that had been published at that time) and completely loved them. I was therefore thrilled when a bag of books my mum passed on to me included Clean Break. It was a while since I'd read any of Val's books and although I think I must have read this before I still loved it!

Kate Brannigan is the main character in Clean Break, as well as a number of Val's other books. Kate is a private detective, working in Manchester and taking on all kinds of jobs that come her way. In this particular book Kate is called in after a Monet is stolen from a stately home where she was responsible for installing the security system. Needless to say she is determined to find the culprit, but things are not as simple as just following a few clues conveniently left behind.

Val's writing style is fantastic and makes the pace of her books incredibly fast moving. The pages literally flew past. A great style, good solid storyline that has the reader puzzling over a few things and characters that you feel completely in tune with. My only remaining question is why haven't I read any of Val's books recently?