Lucky Break (Trentbridge Tales Book 2) by Lee Wood – Review by Jennifer Gordon
Lucky Break by Lee Wood
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Another gripping crime thriller in the ‘Trentbridge Tales’ series which kept me hooked throughout. This standalone story follows Peter Winston-Moore who told rival dealers that he had discovered the genuine Picasso in a junk shop which then sold at Sotheby’s for $5.4 million. Peter then goes from being a bit of a wheeler dealer to running an exclusive art and antiquates gallery. Peter’s luck does not seem to end there though, as he keeps finding valuable items which other dealers have overlooked. Three of these dealers then become so curious about him that they follow him with disastrous consequences. Ex police detective James Sheldon is now a private investigator who’s been asked to prove the innocence of the main suspect in a murder which took place at the Albion Hotel. As James digs deeper he discovers that everyone involved has dark secrets that they want to keep. The blurb says that “The Trentbridge Crime series is as much about the location as the characters”, and the settings are definitely brought vividly to life by the descriptive narrative and added details, which add to the overall story. The characters are well developed and I felt engaged with them, as well as being fully immersed in the narrative. The storyline and plot twists kept me guessing as to the outcome of the story, making this a real page turner of a novel.
