Welcome to my stop on the blog tour for the relaunch of The Key To Death's Door by Mark Tilbury. I first read this fabulous book in April 2018 and below is my review.
I'm sure you all have your favourites authors, the ones who when you
know they have a new book coming out, you just know that you HAVE to
read it. You don't need to know what it's about, you don't need a blurb .
. . you just NEED to read it. Well Mark Tilbury is one of mine and
deservedly so.
Lee Hunter is a typical teenager, getting into scrapes and looking for
adventure, but when he and his best friend, Charlie Finch, decide to
spend the night at a local derelict boathouse no-one could have forseen
the terrifying consequences it would have for both of them, but in
particular Lee.
A severe overnight storm leaves the boys without any method of getting
back to the shore so they decide to swim across the river. Charlie makes
is back safely but Lee isn't so lucky, he disappears under the water
and then blacks out. When he comes round is isn't where he expects to be
and nothing is quite as it seems. Lee is going to wish he was back in
the river, drowning.
The Key to Death's Door is a book that once read, will stay with you for
a long time after you've read the final page. A tale of true friendship
between two boys and I felt that the author really captured the essence
of their friendship, making them feel real and because of that I really
sympathised with their situation. Once again the subject matter is
hard-hitting, there's animal cruelty, child abuse and torture to name
just a few, but this is exactly what I've come to expect from Mark
Tilbury's books and as strange as it might sound, this is why I'm drawn
to them so much. I know that I can completely immerse myself in the
story and become blissfully ignorant of everything that's going on
around me.
As always with Mark's books there's one character that made my skin
crawl, to the point where I almost couldn't bear to read his name. After
'meeting' the truly repugnant Detective Carter in The Abattoir of
Dreams I was pretty sure that no other character could ever come close
to being as vile as he was, but boy was I wrong! Daryl Finch is the
mother of all heinous characters and he certainly outstayed his welcome
in my head once I'd reached the end of the book! I'm sure he even
visited me in my dreams about a week later. . . . .and that's just rude
as well as a little disturbing!
I can guarantee that The Key To Death's Door
will give you palpitations . . . . but you'll love it, I know I did.
Mark Tilbury is fast becoming an author to be reckoned with when it
comes to dark and gritty thrillers, so if that's your thing this is one
book and author that needs to be on your radar and more importantly on
your TBR.
Be sure to check out the rest of the tour with these fabulous blogs.
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