#Review by Lou of The Bleed by Paul Barrell

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The Bleed
By Paul Barrell

Rating: 4.5 out of 5.

The Bleed is a thriller inspired by true events. See the blurb and my review as part of the random t tours in below.

Blurb

THE BLEED A GRIPPING NEW CRIME THRILLER . SET IN SOUTH
LONDON, INSPIRED BY REAL EVENTS.
MARC MADISON IS A GHOST
AND YOU CAN’T KILL A GHOST
 
Marc Madison is a lovable rogue, with a flawed addictive
personality, but he had never been sacked for being prudent
with the truth, smoking a little weed or nursing the hangover
from hell. He is also one of the Mets top undercover and has
been tasked with bringing down the the drug KIngpin of
south London.
With the help of bad boy dealer Christian Marc Madison has
successfully infiltrated a maintenance firm he is getting ever
closer to The Duke Of York, the head of the OCG.
Until, one evening on the way home he suffers a cardiac
arrest and as he drifts between life and death, a strangers
touch miraculously brings him back to life. Although from
that moment something in Marc changed. Something that
went all the way back to his childhood and his twin brother.
When a chance encounter introduces him to Eva Chan a high
class Chinese masseuse, Marc feels strangely drawn to her
but has no idea Eva is embedded deep within the claws of
the drug gang.
 
With Eva a willing Bonnie to his Clyde, Marc is dragged
deeper into the south London drug world, a place where, in
the search for the truth about his brother, the stakes escalate
with each crime he is forced to commit
 

Review

 
The Bleed is a fast-paced, darkly gripping  thriller that takes readers to the depths of a gang in London, 2018. Inspired by real events, it shows how flawed humanity can be and how deeply dark and dangerous some people can be when they’re part of a gang.
In comes Marc Madison, who’s also deeply flawed and had a massive heart attack, but nonetheless is determined to infiltrate the gang and bring them down.
There’s also a plot to find out who killed one of his family members.
 
Each part weaves seamlessly to create interesting characters in a space where fiction and true events collide, giving a great story and picture of what goes on. It’ll open your world to the darker side of society and make you more aware, a bit like what Adolescence does on Netflix.
 
Check it out for a tense must read thriller.
 
 
 
 
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