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A Matter of Blood
By Sarah PinboroughPublisher Description
In a world steeped in darkness, a new breed of evil has fallen…
London’s ruined economy has pushed everyone to the breaking point, and even the police rely on bribes and deals with criminals to survive. Detective Inspector Cass Jones struggles to keep integrity in the police force, but now, two gory cases will test his mettle. A gang hit goes wrong, leaving two schoolboys dead, and a serial killer calling himself the Man of Flies leaves a message on his victims saying “nothing is sacred.”
Then Cass’ brother murders his own family before committing suicide. Cass doesn’t believe his gentle brother did it. Yet when evidence emerges suggesting someone killed all three of them, a prime suspect is found—Cass himself.
Common links emerge in all three cases, but while Cass is finding more questions than answers, the Man of Flies continues to kill...
London’s ruined economy has pushed everyone to the breaking point, and even the police rely on bribes and deals with criminals to survive. Detective Inspector Cass Jones struggles to keep integrity in the police force, but now, two gory cases will test his mettle. A gang hit goes wrong, leaving two schoolboys dead, and a serial killer calling himself the Man of Flies leaves a message on his victims saying “nothing is sacred.”
Then Cass’ brother murders his own family before committing suicide. Cass doesn’t believe his gentle brother did it. Yet when evidence emerges suggesting someone killed all three of them, a prime suspect is found—Cass himself.
Common links emerge in all three cases, but while Cass is finding more questions than answers, the Man of Flies continues to kill...
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“http://plentyofpages.blogspot.com/2013/07/a-matter-of-blood-by-sarah-pinborough.html .
I would almost hesitate to call this book fantasy-- it is, of course, urban fantasy at its darkest, but one of the things that made it so chilling was that for most of the book, the supernatural elements were barely there. A few scenes gave the reader concrete proof that something otherworldly was going on, but for the most part A Matter of Blood just read like a really twisted mystery.
I loved it, let's get that right out of the way-- it was gruesome and gritty and the characters were all deeply messed up in ways that made the twisting path of the plot even more intense. It read like a https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/138825.Tana_French book. I couldn't put it down. Lately I've gotten to a point where I'm tired of books that *could* wrap up in one installment, but whose authors seem bent on turning them into a trilogy just for the heck of it. This definitely isn't that sort of book. There was just enough of the overarching big picture in the book to hook me like a gullible trout-- I'm absolutely desperate for the sequel, desperate to know more about Cass and his family and the Glow, the Bank, and of course Solomon and Bright.
The scariest dystopias for me are the "near future" kind, the kind where I can clearly trace the path of how we got from here to there. Pinborough's future Britain, where everything is run by The Bank, plays on the paranoia of the CCTV culture and heightens it. How long will it be until Big Brother isn't just watching us, but controlling us? The book is a baring commentary on the rotten heart of a greed-fueled society, implying that we deserve what we get when we can't keep our word, when we place image above truth. More subtly, it suggests that not paying attention is an equal crime. Cass is a good cop because he's unable to turn a blind eye to the necessities of corruption in his corrupt world, even as his choice not to see the Glow makes him blind to the larger machinations around him.
This is definitely not a book for someone with a weak stomach, nor is it likely to satisfy people who like lots of creatures and magic in their urban fantasy. But it is a truly twisted mystery with an unpredictable conclusion that left me-- as I said-- no less than desperate for its sequel. I might hop the queue and order a hard copy from Britain if the two-month wait gets truly interminable....”
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About Sarah Pinborough
Sarah Pinborough is a British author of dark fantasy, horror, thriller and YA who has had more than ten novels published thus far across that range. Her short stories have appeared in several anthologies and she has a horror film in development. She has recently branched out into television writing and is currently writing for the BBC. Sarah was the 2009 winner of the British Fantasy Award for Best Short Story, and has three times been short-listed for Best Novel. She has also been short-listed for a World Fantasy Award. Her novella, The Language of Dying was short-listed for the Shirley Jackson Award and won the 2010 British Fantasy Award for Best Novella.
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