Trowchester Blues
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3.8 • 11 Ratings
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Publisher Description
Michael May is losing it. Long ago, he joined the Metropolitan Police to escape his father’s tyranny and protect people like himself. Now his father is dead, and he’s been fired for punching a suspect. Afraid of his own rage, he returns to Trowchester—and to his childhood home, with all its old fears and memories. When he meets a charming, bohemian bookshop owner who seems to like him, he clings tight.
Fintan Hulme is an honest man now. Five years ago, he retired from his work as a high class London fence and opened a bookshop. Then an old client brings him a stolen book too precious to turn away, and suddenly he’s dealing with arson and kidnapping, to say nothing of all the lies he has to tell his friends. Falling in love with an ex-cop with anger management issues is the last thing he should be doing.
Finn thinks Michael is incredibly sexy. Michael knows Finn is the only thing that still makes him smile. But in a relationship where cops and robbers are natural enemies, that might not be enough to save them.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
In this contemporary series launch set in the fictional town of Trowchester, England, Beecroft (Captain's Surrender) introduces two endearing middle-aged protagonists. Fragile Michael May leaves the London police after witnessing one too many homicides. He returns to Trowchester determined to rid his childhood home of his deceased father's sadistic energy. Eccentric bookshop owner Fintan Hulme, who has managed to stay honest for a few years, stumbles back into purchasing and selling stolen antiquities. Given the nature of their professions, both men know a romantic relationship is ill-advised, but they struggle against a potent physical and emotional attraction. A multi-ethnic, diversely gendered cast of characters inhabits this homey universe. Some are sweet, like runaway Sarah, and others drawn with comic exaggeration, like criminal twins Benny and Lisa, "thin and swift and nervous as the speed-freaks they were." Finn's belief that "if the heart is going to err It's surely always best to err on the side of love" underlies an entertaining, emotionally satisfying mix of intrigue, mourning, adventure, comedy, and romance.
Customer Reviews
The not-so-Good, the not-so-Bad and the Happy.
Thoroughly enjoyed this book and after reading about Ms Beecroft, it seems as though there are little elements of her own life in it, which is good, Because it made everything in the story real.
Ms Beecroft has a way of describing Michael and Finn’s world with a reality that I could picture, it wasn’t overdone, it was just there, giving backbone to the story.
And I loved the story. Michael is burnt out from too many sad cases and reacts from finding a dead girl in the basement of the perpetrator by losing his temper and attacking him. He leaves the police force, which up until then, meant everything to him. He returns to his hometown and soon meets Finn, a fascinating man who owns a quaint, atmospheric bookshop. Ahh, Finn. Finn with floppy hair and an Irish accent and a dubious past that he wants to leave behind. So there it is, an ex cop and an ex con. What can go wrong?
Both characters are well written, each with their quirks and personalities. They ‘click’ almost immediately and so begins their story as they both have to come to terms that they are falling in love with the enemy. But both Michael and Finn fight to make it through some bad things that happen, and so they should, as they are meant for each other.
I loved her books in the (?) Porthkennick series and I’m so glad I found more of her books.