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I’ve enjoyed writing all the books I’ve written; but this one became a challenge and immensely interesting. Despite its grim beginning - Monroe pulls up his wife’s dead body on a fishing trip - I had to find a narrative and dialogue that conveyed the intensity of the complex relationships between a man, suspected by many of murdering his wife, his son, grieving over the death of his mother and the man’s new young wife who, not long into their new idyllic marriage, discovers a gun in the house and questions Monroe’s innocence. When, in my moments of insecurity, I pick up the novel to see if the turmoil raging in the minds of the three main characters is apparent, I humbly believe it is.

Much of the book is set in Vietnam, where one of my sons spent his gap year in the capital, Hanoi, and I was able to visit him for a short time. I found the city vibrant, raw, intensely exotic, exciting and refreshingly untouched by westernisation. The streets bustled with people and motorbikes, cars were rare and pungent intoxicating aromas wafted from the numerous street cafés. It was an exhilarating experience and an atmosphere too good to ignore.

To summarise, No Snowdrops… is a thriller. It has a murder at the beginning, deals with contorted emotions, the murky dealings of a multi-national company wanting to appear squeaky clean, gives a brief glimpse of Hanoi and chronicles the disintegration of a father and son’s relationship.

A review posted on Amazon

No Snowdrops in July
 
I came across Nick's thriller via a friend's suggestion. Once I started it I found it hard to drag myself away from the depths of excitement, thrills, danger and fear contained within its pages. I was captivated and craved for justice. The plight of the main character Monroe became my own. I found myself thinking about what was going to happen to him, wanting to sneak home early from social
events just so I could read the book.

I cried at some points as the characters were so realistic and their own stories so moving and powerful that it touched me more than any other book has done in a long time. Wonderful and enjoyable. Read this book I would say, for it's the least it deserves. It's original, clever and Nick's instinctual balance of characterisation, plot and description makes for a good read I can't wait for his next one.

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