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18/4/2019 0 Comments

Review: The Break

The Break by Ronnie O'Sullivan
Page length: 317 pages
Genre: Crime Fiction   
Publication Date: 18 April 2019 (Paperback)
Publisher: Pan
Source: ARC via NetGalley
 
Stars:  5 out of 5
 
Link: AMAZON (UK)

 
ABOUT THE BREAK
 
The Break explodes into the gangland world of 90s Soho, by snooker world champion and national superstar, Ronnie O'Sullivan.
 
It’s 1997 and Cool Britannia’s in full swing. Oasis and Blur are top of the pops and it feels like the whole country’s sorted out for E’s and wizz.
 
But it’s not just UK plc that’s on a high. Life’s looking up for Frankie James too. He’s paid off his debts to London’s fiercest gang lord, Tommy Riley. His Soho Open snooker tournament is about to kick off at his club. The future looks bright.
 
But then Frankie finds himself being blackmailed by a face from his past. They want him to steal something worth millions. It's enough to get him killed. Or banged up for life if he says no.
 
Frankie’s going to need every ounce of luck and guile that he’s got if he’s going to pull off the heist of the century and get out of this in one piece.
 
The Break is the third, fast-paced Soho Nights thriller, by snooker champion Ronnie O’Sullivan.

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My Review:

The e-book of The Break was published in 2018. This review coincides with the paperback being launched on 18 April 2019.
 
I really enjoyed the first two books in this Soho Nights Trilogy and COULD NOT WAIT to read The Break. And what a delight it was. It revisits Frankie, owner of the Ambassador Club and him trying to avoid getting involved in the plans of warring local mobsters. All he wants is an easy life. Frankie has set up a legitimate snooker competition but on the eve before the launch someone is trying to fix the outcome. That is the least of his worries when a ghost from his past comes back to haunt him and coerces him to be part of a heist.
 
VERY HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.
 
Thank you so much the publisher and NetGalley for providing me with a complimentary electronic copy in return for an honest review.
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7/5/2018 0 Comments

Review: Double Kiss

Double Kiss by Ronnie O'Sullivan
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Genre: Crime Fiction/Thriller
​Page Length: 353 Pages
Publication Date: 16 November 2017
Publisher: Macmillan

Stars:  4.5 out of 5

LINKS: Amazon (UK)


ABOUT DOUBLE KISS
The race is on. The stakes are high.

Frankie James thought his troubles were behind him. He’s busy running his Soho Club, and his brother’s finally out of prison. But when a postcard arrives from Mallorca, he’s stopped in his tracks . . . Is it from his mother – the woman who’s been missing for eight years

When the goddaughter of London’s fiercest gangster, Tommy Riley, goes missing in Ibiza, Tommy knows there’s one man for the job – Frankie James. Just when Frankie was on the straight and narrow, he’s now faced with an impossible choice. If he agrees to help find Tanya, he’ll be thrown into a world of danger. If he doesn’t, Tommy could destroy him.

For Frankie James, old habits die hard. One thing’s for sure, playing with this gang is no game. But with everything at stake, how can Frankie say no?
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My Review:

Double Kiss is the second book of Ronnie O'Sullivan's Soho Trilogy (read my review for Framed here).

Yes, that Ronnie O'Sullivan. The Snooker World Championship has been on for the last fortnight culminating in tonight's final, and although Ronnie didn't make it to the quarter finals this year it seemed an apt time to read Double Kiss, and what a ride!

The opening chapter starts with: 
'It's coming home... It's coming home... It's coming... Football's coming home...
And with eleven words the book time travels you to the nineties for Euro '96.

The story is a perfect for a middle-trilogy book. The adventure is fast and furious without giving away too many answers, it leaves you wanting to see how the James family saga ends. It's difficult not to think of Ronnie's stance and gait when reading the adventures of Frankie James. He's tall, dark, and handsome with a cocky manner and armed cheeky glint in his eye.

Framed was published in November 2016, Double Kiss in November 2017, let's hope November 2018 brings us the final frame in this Soho set. 
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Highly recommended. 
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31/3/2018 0 Comments

Review: Framed

Framed by Ronnie O'Sullivan
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Genre: Crime Fiction/Thriller
​Page Length: 352 Pages
Publication Date: 17 November 2016
Publisher: Orion

Stars:  4.5 out of 5

LINKS: Amazon (UK)


ABOUT FRAMED

​Frankie James is a young man with a lot on his shoulders. His mother disappeared when he was sixteen; his father's in jail for armed robbery; and he owes rent on the Soho snooker club he inherited to one of London's toughest gangsters.

And things are about to get a whole lot worse when Frankie's brother Jack is accused of killing a bride-to-be. He needs to find out who framed Jack and why; but that means entering the sordid world of bent coppers, ruthless mobsters and twisted killers.
But in the dog-eat-dog underworld of 1990s Soho, is he tough enough, and smart enough to come out on top?
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WHEN THE GAME IS MURDER, YOU CAN'T AFFORD TO LOSE. 
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My Review:

I am a fan of thrillers and love the nostalgia of notorious gangsters à la The Krays. However, snooker champion Ronnie O’Sullivan’s debut novel Framed would have probably passed me by unread had it not been for Victoria Sadler’s rave review of Double Kiss (the follow-up to Framed, and second book of the Soho Nights trilogy). “Double Kiss by snooker legend Ronnie O’Sullivan may well be one of the best commercial crime novels I’ve read this year!” 

Set in the nineties, it is lovely to relive the Soho I remember, rather than 1960s gangland London before my time. Framed focusses on Frankie James, and the stitch-up of his little brother Jack. I finished it in a couple of leisurely days by the pool. It is a thoroughly decent thriller, the characters and dal and believable and the story had me guessing and changing my whodunits from chapter to chapter as the drama raced to a climax. I’ll definitely be back for the second instalment of the Soho Nights trilogy. 
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