Book Review: Solomon Creed
It's how you find a book or the writer that can make the difference between wanting to read a story or not. At twelve noon, Friday 21st July, 2017 at Theakston Old Peculiar Crime Writing Festival ‘The Dark Side’ event asked ‘How can you write believable fiction that also features the unknowable?’
The five creepy authors were asked to investigate the supernatural’s ability to push boundaries.
Now, the point of these lines is to introduce Simon Toyne, his main character, Solomon Creed, and before we let him loose on the reader and the unknowing public. The title of the book, Solomon Creed, is the first in a trilogy, with a second one ‘the boy who saw’ already on the bookshelves.
Now what would you say when a man of striking appearance walks out of the desert and away from a burning plane wreck. He is barefoot and different. That is how it is and does it create curiosity? Well, it aroused mine.
The town of Redemption in Arizona is close to the Mexican border. That sets the scenes for the ‘old wild west’, mining, greed, and for believers, religion, and also drugs. Add in gratuitous violence and ruthless predators operating with their power. This tale (or tales) comes together with all its facets interwoven with skill.
I am not a plot spoiler and that is all you will get, but, believe me this is a phenomenal read. So good that I had to read it twice!
It was Michelle’s Book Club Book of the year winning by a good length. Oh yes, there are horses that race over the desert and add something else.
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