I love the whole reading a book that is modern and in the real world we live in at the moment and this brings it all. Using forms of social media and dating apps as people do nowadays and bringing in a serial killer theme is so up to date and this makes the story more real it could be happening right now in our real world and this brings in more suspense as you read The added trauma of Solomon not wanting to share his face with the world bringing in a longing for Kay to just go and knock on his door or for him to make a slip up and not switch Kfc his webcam was intense I would have liked a bit more of an ending around Solomon and Kay living happily ever after but then I suppose the author was again keeping it real

Solomon’s sister, Tiffany, is in hospital after being drugged, almost drowned and in a coma after meeting up with someone on an internet dating app. Solomon himself is a loner, confined to his flat for two years after being disfigured in a tragic accident. Suddenly he is thrust back into the outside world as the police seem uncaring in trying to find who attempted to murder Tiffany. The officer in charge is more interested in tracking down Solomon’s criminal brother, Luke, than finding a would-be killer. Solomon, along with his ‘Brain Pool’, a group he belongs to online, begin to do their own investigations into what appears to be a sadistic serial killer targeting young females. This is where the book gets clever. The Brain Pool are a group that compile crossword clues and quiz questions and together they start to gather information to try and beat the police to finding the murderer. What’s great about this book is that there isn’t a Mr Perfect. Solomon is flawed in more ways than one. He’s young and intelligent but the reader will never really know what he’s thinking. He’s also got a brother who flirts with the wrong side of the law and a stripper sister. He’s the sensible one, and therefore he makes a great central character. I also loved the Brain Pool, the way they tease one another and meet online to thrash things out. There, Soloman can hide his secrets and remain relatively anonymous to his fellow online friends. Apart from the rather unusual characters this book has a really good storyline. I must admit I found it a bit slow to start with but once it picked up I found I really liked the clever way things started to piece together. The killer flits in and out and the terror the girls experience is well written and genuinely frightening stuff. The subjects covered in the book are so completely current and edgy giving the book a modern twist. I’ve never read anything by this author before but can only say I would read him again. I hope I get to read about Solomon again in other books just because he’s so different and likeable and it is a refreshing change that the main character is not a cop! I think the plot keeps you gripped and with frequent breaks in the chapters it makes it an easy read, whether you want to read a little or a lot at a time! Overall a very enjoyable and chilling read. Recommended!

The first thing I have to mention about this book is the fact that whoever commissioned the cover art clearly hadn't read the story. I get that the title alludes to arson but the story really doesn't - unless they are trying to be all esoteric about "houses" and links to family but somehow I think I overthought that. The basic tale is your standard serial attacker/killer (spoiler - not every victim dies) thriller. The twist comes from the fact that they select their victims from a dating app and that it isn't the police that solve the crime but a collection of quiz question setters called The Brain Pool (think QI Elves on steroids). The twist in the plot is a good one and I genuinely didn't see it coming as the author obfuscates with language so I genuinely found out what was happening at the same time as the characters. I will admit that after reading the First Impression/Early Chapters of this book I was not impressed and wrote it off as just another book in a crowded genre. However, seeing it on sale for my e-book made me decide to give it a go and I am so glad I did. I really got sucked in to Solomon's world and that of his very dodgy brother. It did turn out to be a real page turner that managed to stay just far enough away from accepted rules of the genre to keep it fresh and interesting whilst creating deep characters that you could feel empathy with - even the horrendous DI Fox and her overweaning ambition. There is genuine tension in the plot and I couldn't help but keep turning those pages and doing the one more chapter dance resulting in just being on time for work after not getting enough sleep. The crimes themselves are shocking but related in such a matter of fact way you don't feel that they are there just for shock value but as an intrinsic plot point. Overall a very strong thriller that gives me hope for the genre as a whole.

This is a great thriller and you really have characters that are believable. I really felt for Solomon and his frustration in getting the police to believe his story. It really shows up the darker side of the internet and the problems it can cause. The story is written at a good pace and is a really good page turner. Solomon has a group of internet friends he knows as Brain Pool though he has never met them face to face. With the help of the Brain Pool, Solomon starts to uncover the story behind his sisters attack. The book cover is designed well and stands out in a crowd. The story is well written and really grips you. It is what they say a page turner as you have difficulty putting the book down.

I liked reading Troll it messed with my mind and kept me guessing what would happen next. This is why I decided to read Perfect Match. Tiffany is admitted to hospital after being found nearly drowned. She is in a bad way in a coma after being drugged after an online date. Solomon Mullan wants the police to say exactly how this happened to sister Tiffany. Solomon is even more shocked when the police wants to talk Solomons brother Luke who is a family member of interest. What I didn't believe in Perfect Match is that the police didn't really want to find out what happened to Tiffany with Solomon who starts to make his own investigation to find out what really happened to Tiffany. In the real world police would do a thorough investigation there for I found Solomon doing his own investigation unbelievable. I didn't enjoy Perfect Match as much as did Troll but this story line does have some good points that I was interested in that's why I recommend reading Perfect Match.