The handshaker is one such book.Ī serial killer is out there, targeting women, using them and when he's finished with them, he leaves them hanging.quite literally! You know that a book is good when the plot and imagery are still clear, long after you have read the last word. Twitter handle: gripping psychological thriller that defies you to put it down. In a more light-hearted mood again, he turns out the occasional sci-fi or paranormal adventure and he has also published some non-fiction.Īs at March, 2012, he is working on more of the Sanford 3rd Age Club Mysteries and a sequel to The Handshaker. He also produces darker, edgier thrillers, such as The Handshaker and Voices titles which are aimed exclusively at an adult audience and which question the perceptions of reality. More titles in the series are due in the near future. In January 2012 Crooked Cat Publishing picked up the first of his popular Sanford 3rd Age Club Mysteries, The Filey Connection. He published several novels with different publishers until, in 2011, he turned to self-publishing on the Kindle, putting out 15 titles. He writes in several genres under different pseudonyms, but his mainstay is crime and mystery. It has been quite a while since I have read a psychological crime thriller that has had me caught up in the plot so intensely as this retired hypnotherapist and adult education teacher with a one-megaton sense of humour, David Robinson is a Yorkshireman from the outskirts of Manchester, northwest England, where he lives with his wife and a crazy Jack Russell Terrier named Joe (because he looks like a Joe). 'The Handshaker' is a well written work of fiction, combining all the elements required by this particular genre with some hard hitting emotive imagery and solid research. What's more, I enjoyed it for all the right reasons. To say that I 'enjoyed' reading this book seems strange, given the subject matter, but I did. This is one compelling rollercoaster of a read.įrom the very first page, David Robinson weaves spellbinding, strong imagery and research into this psychological crime thriller effectively securing your attention by the throat, leading you kicking and screaming to the final page. Victims of the man that has become known as 'The Handshaker'. He has to work quickly to prove his innocence and save his girlfriend from suffering the same fate of the previous victims. Fearing that she may have become another victim of the serial killer, Croft reports her disappearance to the police only to find that he is now the number one suspect. Croft is immediately concerned for her safety. When his girlfriend fails to return home from work, Croft also discovers that she never made it to work in the first place. The profile that begins to emerge is significantly close to his own. On the advice of his girlfriend, Croft takes the note to the police and with his help the police begin to develop a profile of the serial killer at large. When local 'retired' celebrity hypnotist 'Alex croft' receives one of these cryptic clues in his mail, he recognises the content to be 'out of the ordinary'. Not to mention the typewritten cryptic clues that have been ignored or dismissed. The police are at a loss as to who the Killer could be, despite the copious amounts of DNA he has quite happily left behind with each body. A retired hypnotherapist and adult education teacher with a one-megaton sense of humour, David Robinson is a Yorkshireman from the outskirts of Manchester, northwest England, where he lives with his wife and a crazy Jack Russell Terrier named Joe (because he looks like a Joe).
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