Please see review on my blog: Underground Man:

http://undergroundmangeomatt.blogspot... ( )

Fast, brutal, and very compelling. A journalist in Yorkshire investigates the death of a young girl and gets increasingly involved with corruption in the area. I wouldn't call it enjoyable exactly, but I'd certainly like to read the next one as soon as possible. ( )

Don't have much to say about this one apart from that I liked the way it was written but Christ I'm glad I was only a baby in the seventies. Was it really that grim?

I came to this through the Channel 4 dramatisation - and I will read the rest of the series... but not yet. Too depressing to read all in one go. Great writing though. I liked the rhythmic style in places and the pace was good. Only revealing bits and pieces made it a bit trippy and frustrating, like a bad dream - a good device to help you to empathise with the lead character though. ( )

Is it right to choose to read a book because its title is the year that you were born? Anyway right or wrong I’m glad that I was born in 1974 as that is what initially made be grab the book from the shelf. Newly appointed crime reported Eddie Dunford discovers a link between the recent murder and horrific mutilation of a local girl and several previous murders. This book, the first in the Red Riding Quartet, is miserable, depressing and run through with corrupt public figures, all of which makes for a fantastic read. ( )

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