Ross Fleming lands a job as a driver for a gangster in Glasgow. He thinks this is an easy dream job, what could possibly go wrong?
I found Drivers to be a violent, fast paced thriller set amongst the criminal underworld in Scotland. There are lots of characters with dubious nicknames and very colourful history.
This novel floats about quite a bit over time, going backwards and forwards resulting in the reader knowing more about the background of the other characters, than the central character Ross Fleming does.
The dangers are obvious and I wished Ross would simply walk away and seek a less glamorous job. I lacked empathy for Ross as he was acting the fool.
The other characters in this thriller were simply bad, nasty people who you would never want to associate with. Drivers lacked any likeable characters and I felt their whole lives were a mess.
I found Drivers to be an OKAY 3 star read along the lines of a violent soap opera. Peter’s writing style was rather tabloid but very easy to follow. There was a lot of gang warfare that followed regular plot lines. This is a run-of-the-mill thriller centred around the day to day life of the unseen criminal underworld. My lasting impression is thank goodness I have NEVER met anyone like a character in this book. What a mess some people’s lives become. My reading pleasure was okay but Drivers lacked a USP - unique selling point. There was no feel good factor in this book but it was certainly thrilling with no boring or slow bits.
Drivers was written in 2014 and is available as an Amazon Kindle eBook.
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