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Sunday, 27 December 2015

The Debt by Simon Kernick


"A short but enjoyable read"


Description from Amazon:

‘A debt is a debt is a debt.’

It’s not your debt. It’s your cousin’s. And he’s done a runner.

So now the local gangland bosses have come to you for repayment. They aren’t taking 'no' for an answer, but they will take your fingers - one by one - if you don’t get hold of the money. Very soon.

You’ve got to think fast. You’ve got to act fast. And then you’ll have to get out of here – as fast as you can.


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Simon is one of my all-time favorite authors so when I heard there was a free download available of one of his books, I jumped at the chance. Now, I have to admit that I've had this on my Kindle since 2013 only to be rediscovered when I was looking for something quick to read in between "longer" books.

The story was originally written for BMW to promote a new car but don’t let that put you off - although the car features and there are a few obvious “selling pitches”, it’s not the star and, for me, didn’t detract from the story that much - Simon had already been open and honest about why the story was written so I was actually expecting a bit more to be honest.

As I said, the story is a short one - around 29 pages on the Kindle - so can be read in no time at all - it will probably take you as long to find it, download it, open it and read the introduction as it will reading it but despite this, I was soon immersed in the story and the characters. I admit that it is too short to really get much feeling about it and it doesn’t really showcase Simon’s talent as a fantastic author but I would still recommend it to anyone who enjoys a quick read and there is also the bonus of a sneak preview of “Ultimatum” so if you haven’t yet read it … where have you been?

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Author website - http://www.simonkernick.com/

Author's Twitter - @simonkernick

You can download a free copy of this short story from Amazon UK and US, Barnes & Noble, WHSmith and many others.

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