Hold My Hand

In MJ Ford's Hold My Hand, this startling crime thriller is riveting and will keep you guessing and reading for more. When Josie Masters was eight years old, she witnessed a clown hold a little boy's hand from the circus and disappear from her sight. Now thirty years later, she's a detective with the Avon and Somerset police, when Dylan Jones's body was found buried underground. Fresh at the scene, she recognized the clothes he wore at the time, when memories of the past had came back to haunt her. At the same time, another boy turns up missing, when he's transferred to another CID division to help assist with the case. The race is on to find him as the clock's ticking, when new unearthed discoveries about the "clown mask" connection to the previous case. While she worked with her colleagues on this new case, she visits her own family home and deals with her ex, Ben, and running into a familiar face from her past. For Jo, she needs to find a connection between both cases and to find this missing boy. But, due to press leaks, when she was feeling the heat from her DCI, because she might be way too close, she must be closer to the truth and dug deeper until it had hit way too close to home for her to discover a shocking lead in the climax that would blow you away...

This was an amazing and gripping dark thriller for MJ Ford's debut. I did care for Josie and how she persevered and made a name for herself in the police world. I felt bad for her that she had to deal with Ben who wouldn't take no for an answer, though they did work together to solve the case and piece them together to form a big puzzle. I loved how she was well connected to her brother's family and how she never stopped guessing for clues to look for answers. I loved the locations from Bath to Somerset and Avon and how they painted a dimly sinister picture for the grisly settings and compelling scenes. This would leave you breathless with non-stop action, plenty of fast-paced drama, lots of intrigue and wallops of mystery from start to finish.

Will you be there to help Jo solve the crimes in Hold My Hand?