Sleeping dogs- Book Review

Publisher: Hobeck Books 

Publishing Date: 12th January 2021 

Genre: General Fiction (Adult), 

Gifted very kindly for review by the publishing team. Many Thanks 

 Synopsis: 

A jigsaw puzzle of a crime novel with a paranormal twist – the brilliant feel-good debut from Wendy Turbin

Meet Penny Wiseman, a private investigator by circumstance, stumbling through adulthood and desperately trying to keep her late father’s business afloat. 

She’s on the trail of her client’s husband. He's guilty of hiding something, but is he having an affair? The case leads her to an intriguing series of mysteries and encounters, and not all are quite of this world.

Because, for Penny, seeing the dead is a fact of life, and when a teenage ghost wants justice, who else can the girl turn to for help?

There's one big problem - the dead don’t talk. 

Penny’s first job is to work out exactly why she’s being haunted. 

Her second is to solve the case that should pay her bills, but will she find answers to either question?

Sleeping Dogs is full of brilliantly drawn characters, quirky humour and gripping plot twists

 

Rating:****

Review

Iv'e not read many ghost stories but Wendy Turbins debut book has definitely made me change my mind. 

The protagonist character is Penny Wiseman who isn't your typical PI, she has special powers of communicating non verbally with ghosts. She goes through lots of trials and tribulations and leaves you guessing 

I loved how this book almost had 2 narratives, one being Penny's own circumstances and secondly the ghosts cannot speak to her and she ends up down a very dark and dangerous path trying to solve a case. 

Can she decode this case?

It is very well written and paced enough that leaves you enticed and intrigued 

This book is dark, terrifying and funny at the same time.