An arson attack in Glasgow at Dolly´s Salon kills a couple of young women. Apparently, the culprits are three young boys that are eventually arrested. However, while under arrest, a set-up accident leads to the kidnapping of the boys. One of them appears shortly after as a corpse. There are two left to save and detective Harry McCoy is on a mission to bring them back alive. It is a race against the clock, as he is only 24 hourse left to solve the case.
May God Forgive by Alan Parks is a cruel drama, set in the 1970s. The story unfolds in diary-like installments, allowing to follow the action one dramatic episode at a time. There is a certain dramatism and raw energy in the way in which the events enfold as well as in the way in which the story ends.
The story has a social take, especially when it comes to the way in which the young boys were used for an useless revenge. It also displays, at the very beginning, samples of how the pressure of the street may influence and alter the way in which justice is done.
The writing is smart, cold-blooded and carefully organised to offer a progressive installment of the suspense. My only dissatisfaction is that I rarely connected to the assumed timeline: the Glasgow of the 1970s, as it appears in the book, can be as well the Glasgow of the current year.
May God Forgive is a suspenseful and intelligent thriller. Recommended to anyone interested in books with unexpected endings of a well crafted story.
Rating: 4 stars
Disclaimer: Book offered as part of the book tour but the opinions are, as usual, my own
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