The Delegate by Ali Carter

The Delegate by Ali Carter





 What a tangled web she weaved…

 



The Delegate by Ali Carter was published on 29th November 2022 by Matador. My thanks to the author and publisher who sent me a copy and Random Book Tours for inviting me to take part on the tour.


   


Synopsis



Charlotte…

Having been sprung by Mafia family the Zandini’s on a day release the previous year, and managing to ‘despatch’ one of their enemies in New York (plus a few extras), ex killer G.P> Charlotte Peterson was now securely back inside Rampton high Security Hospital. However, her work was unfinished and a second escape quite out of the question. It was why she had the need of a delegate. A killer to complete a very important job…someone she’d control.


Annie…

She had found the perfect person in Annie. A woman who felt cheated. A woman who was mentally and emotionally scarred in exactly the same way Charlotte had been throughout her own life. Annie was fully ripe for manipulation in the worst way possible - and the extra bonus for Charlotte? The man who’d put her away for the second time was Annie’s husband… DCI Harry Longbridge. It felt good. It felt very good.


But Annie had other ideas.........



My review


The Delegate is the third thriller in a series of books featuring DCI Harry Longbridge and, like the previous two instalments it will have you sitting on the edge of your seat, and in this case wary about ever looking at online dating again  !!!!!

To be honest I found the story lines and the characters of Charlotte and Annie disturbing and totally unlike any others I have ever come across in other novels. The depth to their characters and how Ali develops them psychologically is at once both brilliant and yet alarming. The mental dominance and control between the two women subtly changes as the storyline develops and  is very cleverly written to show the mind games and the fear as control is gained, and lost. 

I found myself drawn in to the complex twists between various aspects of revenge within the story and torn between not wanting to finish the book and not wanting to put it down as it plays with how you expect the human mind to work. That said I will be looking out for more books written by Ali.






Author


Ali lives in Sutton, a small village up on the Norfolk Broads, with her husband, who as a retired Met.police officer was a great help in assuring legalities in The Delegate are as accurate as possible.

You can find out more about Ali and her books on the following…


Facebook @alicarterauthor

Twitter @alicrimewriter

www.alicarterauthor.com

Comments

  1. AnneFebruary 2, 2023 at 1:10 AM

    Thanks for the blog tour support x

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  2. DianeFebruary 7, 2023 at 2:24 AM

    Love your review…and how you’ve laid it out! 😍

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