★★★★★
k.A.
12.08.2026
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Dieser Thriller von Sphere ist absolut fesselnd und eine großartige Fortsetzung des Bestsellers. Ich kann die Geschichte kaum weglegen!
★★★★★
k.A.
22.10.2025
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Die Textdarstellung ist mit einer angemessenen Schriftgröße und einem regelmäßigen Zeilenabstand gestaltet. Die Satzspiegel lassen eine gewisse Lesbarkeit zu, auch bei gedimmtem Licht.
★★★★★
k.A.
05.02.2025
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Die Buchausführung ist funktional. Die Papierqualität ist für das Lesen geeignet, und die Bindung scheint eine gewisse Stabilität zu bieten. Die Art der Druckausführung ist klar lesbar.
This has been my most anticipated release of the summer and, boy, what a debut for McDermid’s new female heroine, Allie Burns! I loved the setting, I loved the plot, and I loved that the main character in this brilliant crime thriller is not a detective but a rookie reporter with an eye on the big prize.Allie is smart, sassy and ambitious. But she’s a young woman in a man’s world — the newsroom of a Glasgow tabloid — and she has to use all her nous to get taken seriously. When she stumbles across a home-grown terrorist plot, Allie joins forces with fellow hack, Danny, to infiltrate the group, expose its intent, and hopefully make her mark as an investigative journalist.What impressed me most about this novel was how perfectly McDermid captures the social and political mood of late-1970s Scotland. The struggling economy, the festering dissent over Westminster rule and the growing devolution movement.Equally resonant is the newspaper setting. The buzz of the newsroom, the sniff of a story, the frantic dash to meet copy deadlines. The drinking, the smoking, the banter. This is my era, my old stamping ground, and McDermid absolutely nails it.McDermid sucks you into this world with practiced ease. Her plotting is meticulous, her character development steady and convincing. This is not a nail-biting, thrill-a-minute ride, but a perfectly paced narrative that dips and sways, rises and falls, before blindsiding you with a heart-stoppingly, unexpected twist. And it grips from start to finish.This is easily McDermid’s best book in years, and all the more thrilling for it being the first in a series. I can’t wait to find out what Allie gets up to next.Thanks for reading my review. I hope you found it helpful. You can find more candid book reviews on my Amazon profile page.