Deadly Illusions by Robert Brown.

Follow Cael Adler, a private detective who is helping police around London following the discovery of a body at Epping Forest.

I found Deadly Illusions to be a fast paced crime thriller. Robert’s writing style is crisp and clear. He writes in lovely short chapters which are great to fit into our busy lifestyles. He manages to weave the tedious entertainment medium of magic into this story. He paints a very vivid picture in the reader’s mind of what can go wrong with magic tricks and the trust the assistants put in the magician.

Characterization of Cael is very good and his personality shines with how he interacts with with everyone around him. Everyone he meets is sharp and focused. There are no slow, dreary bits in this novel.

The plot of Deadly Illusions is rather good. I liked the ending, which was magical in it’s own little way!

I found Deadly Illusions to be an entertaining read. It was very easy to read and engage with. Cael was very good at investigating this case, everything just slotted together very easily. Each interview gave Cael a positive lead which put him onto his next interview which also gave a positive lead. I read a lot of crime thrillers and most have people of interest who may become serious suspects until they are discounted later in the novel. These other books have many red herrings and false leads. Deadly Illusions however was more like detecting by numbers! But I did like the plot and I enjoyed reading this novel. I found Deadly Illusions to be a GOOD read that gets 4 stars from me.

Deadly Illusions was written in 2017 and is available as an Amazon Kindle eBook.