An intricate web of fear

Review of 'Vermilion Dawn' by Joseph Freeman

This is, by far, the most atmospheric and gripping story I have read for a long time. Joseph has a wonderfully eloquent writing style and certainly knows how to weave an intricate web.

Jim Grant is a police detective, he is part of a team trying to track down a barbaric killer. A journey that takes him to the edges of even his own sanity and past.

I could easily imagine the winter landscape as it seemed very similar to the area I live. Beautiful and idyllic in the summer, but very lonely and sometimes barren in the winter. An area where friendly in the daylight, but eerie and threatening in the darkness.

The characters are believable and like the rest of us, not perfect. They all have their fears, faults and worries. 

It was the first, and most recent, of Joseph's books I have read, but it won't be the last.