Book Review Sorrow Bound by David Mark

David Mark

Sorrow Bound by David Mark is the third in the Aector McAvoy series. If you've not come across the huge Scot of caber tossing physique now is really the time to do so because Marks is rapidly becoming one of my favourite crime writers and I'm already getting a bit antsy for the next Aector McAvoy

Amazon:Kindle £2.09
           HB £13.54

In Sorrow Bound McAvoy is reluctantly attending counselling after the events of the previous book (Original Skin).  However, he remains typically silent till the last session when he reveals a long kept secret with repercussions for him and his family.  Meanwhile, his  wife   makes an enemy of one of Hull's new coke dealers, also putting the family at risk.  
The main plot  begins when an obscure link is discovered between two very different murders.  As the police investigate, the body count builds and McAvoy is forced to investigate events from the past that seem to surround an old disused mental health facility and a series of old crimes in Bridlington
Sorrow Bound is fast paced with a series of unexpected and pleasing twists along the way.  One clever double twist at the end had me nodding sanctimoniously as, much to the cat's  displeasure, I yelled approvingly  "That's Justice for you, you B****!". 
The ending also opens up a whole new range of possibilities for the next novel and I'm sure Mr Mark's devious mind is already working out how to entertain and shock us with his many and varied contortions.

1st Aector Mcavoy
Amazon Kindle £3.08
PB £5.59 HB £10.39

For me the main strength in 

2nd Aector McAvoy
Amazon Kindle £3.66
PB£3.85 HB £9.79

Mark's writing is his characterisation -   I find myself increasingly invested in each of them .  Aector McAvoy intrigues me.  He is completely unlike any other police officer I've come across.  He is huge and strong, yet gentle and caring.  He tackles killers and those who threaten his family fearlessly, yet he is so full of uncertainty and humility.  He loves his wife and children, yet is unable to accept that Roisin's love for him may be just as strong.  
So, it is for these reasons as well as the cracking good storylines, that I find myself fully absorbed in the series.  
As a fairly new writer I think David Marks will soon be, if he isn't already,  jogging up the ranks of the Crime Fiction Bestsellers and will be giving McDermid, McBride and Billingham a run for their money.
Buy all three NOW on Kindle for under a tenner... Can't be bad!

Dates For your Diary:  David Mark talks
Monday 28th April  7:30 at Chestnut Centre Library, Huddersfield  HD2 1HJ Tel: 01484234234

Wednesday 30th April 6:30 Waterstones Sheffield Orchard Square (£2 per ticket from store) 
Tel: 01142728971