THE SLOW ROAD TO HELL
***** Good Read
Thoroughly enjoyable, with a nice balance between the mystery and romance. The details about body language are especially well well done, much better than the laziness of making a character psychic.
***** I wish I’d written this
This is an outstanding novel. An excellent murder mystery plot to hinge it all together with the added spice of a relationship between two men being reborn after many years apart. The characters were very well drawn and the style of the prose brought me right in until I felt like I was part of the book myself. They gay romance isn’t the only romance going on and it shouldn’t put anybody off. All together a very intelligent novel that treats the reader with intelligence too. Well done Grant, and as one fellow writer to another, I wish I’d written this!
***** Murder Mystery
There is nothing like a good murder mystery to keep me from all those boring household chores and this story didn’t just have one murder it had three! And where I’m not so sure that a close relative would ethically be allowed to consult on the murder of a family member I found that it really didn’t bother me in the slightest. The main characters were likeable and I honestly had no inkling who the bad guy was so it kept my interest. All in all an enjoyable read.
***** Bona Book
Haven’t had such a good gay read since “The Glory Hole Murders!! Usually gay literature is full of gratuitous sex, the sex scene in this book followed naturally from the plot and was not at all distasteful. A very well thought out plot and a real pot boiler! I sat up until 3am reading it, just to get to the denouement. Please Mr Atherton, bring on the other novels!
***** Gay policeman and his former lover solve a crime.
A very readable crime story featuring a gay investigator ( twice married – sounds familiar !) and his former lover a police inspector, if you like the genre of gay themed crime novels it’s worth a read. I found the short chapters good but perhaps not for everyone.
***** A very enjoyable read. An impressive first book.
It’s hard to believe this is a first book by this author. I really enjoyed this book, and was gripped by the developing story. As a straight female of a ‘certain age’ I wasn’t certain this would be my style of reading but, apart from a certain scene, this really is a book for any person of any persuasion. Don’t let the ‘Gay Murder Mystery’ genre put you off! Just enough intrigue to keep you guessing but not too much.
***** So pleased I bought this
So pleased I bought this, such a great read. Grant you really brought this to life, a great subject choice of the less than perfect TV personality/ Body language expert who just happens to have two broken marriages and a string of sordid gay one night liaisons and a past he has tried and failed to forget – all of which are still slowly but surely eating away at him. Set in a sleepy but largely time forgotten Victorian holiday town which is long past its heyday and where nothing ever happens until one fateful day. This is the setting in which the lead characters spent their formative years and are now forced to come together in order to solve the resorts rapidly increasing and somehow connected roll of murder victims and their own unhappy, angry & unrequited pasts. A really good read ( with a few ‘just about’ forgivable typo errors/spelling mistakes ). Cover spiel mentions Grant is working on a follow up to this – Bring it on Grant, I really cant wait !!!
***** An m/m mystery romance with a touch of angst
I thoroughly enjoyed this book. It had a nice balance between romance and mystery and an English setting, what more could you ask for. I an looking forward to more from Grant Atherton.
**** British gay murder mystery
Great to see a gay murder mystery set in Britain, definitely need more. Well written and a smooth read. Looking forward to the next book.
**** Great Read
I really enjoyed this! A great whodunnit story with a slew of characters to keep the story interesting and a lovely second-chance relationship to boot. I saw the outcome towards the end, but not the reasons for it, so it was twisty enough to keep me hooked. Would have been a 5star but I think I needed a little more reflection/explanation on behalf of Mikey as to why he left and the impact it had – but overall a great read. Looking forward to book 2.
***** Well crafted murder/mystery
Well written with a smart story and plot. I look forward to more from this author.
***** A great and wonderful read
I got this book on the amazon unlimited free book on the off chance it was something new. The story was a slow start as should any crime story be. The build to the ex lovers meeting was lovely you really do feel for the protagonist even if you feel like you wanted to give him A great big slap.
I look forward to there next story with Mikey and Nathan. {Ps this book will be bought soon so I can keep it . Will look for paperback version if possible}