Book Review: Knife Edge by Fergus McNeill

This is the follow on novel to Eye Contact and continues the story of serial killer Robert Naysmith, his girlfriend Kim and his Nemesis DI Graham Harland.

In Knife Edge Naysmith has an epiphany of sorts and decides he wants to share his serial killing past with his girlfriend Kim. He begins to introduce this concept to her slowly bit by bit. Unfortunately, his arrogant craving for recognition of his crimes makes Kim increasingly scared and unsure what to do as she becomes privy to more and more information.

Meanwhile, DI Harland’s still wants to catch Naysmith but has been warned off by the powers that be.

McNeil consistently evokes a definite picture of the countryside around Bristol with its cycle and ramble routes and on to the windswept beach. He convincingly portrays Kim as a frightened and confused woman and in a dramatic twist at the end of the book leads the reader to reconsider their perceptions.

Knife Edge is slower paced than Eye Contact but the sense of unpredictability and impending doom is constant as Naysmith begins to risk more and the links between the characters intertwine. A good read for a summer on the beach.

Available in Kindle £4.99 or Paperback £5.51